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Vaclav Smil

geographer, economist, university teacher, scientist, writer, science communicator, naturalist, teacher, researcher

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1943

Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies. He has also applied these approaches to energy, food and environmental affairs of China.

All Quotes by Vaclav Smil

“Apple! Boy, what a story. No taxes paid, everything made abroad — yet everyone worships them. This new iPhone, there's nothing new in it. Just a golden color. What the hell, right? When people start playing with color, you know they're played out.”
— Vaclav Smil
“U.S. industries from steel-making to plastics synthesis are among the world's most energy-efficient; American agriculture is highly productive, as are America's railroads. But for decades, Americans themselves have been living beyond their means, wasting energy in their houses and cars and amassing energy-intensive throwaway products on credit.”
— Vaclav Smil
“There is no reason we can't design a car to last for 35 years instead of six or seven.”
— Vaclav Smil
“The great hope for a quick and sweeping transition to renewable energy is wishful thinking.”
— Vaclav Smil
“There is no reason we can't design a car to last for 35 years instead of six or seven.”
— Vaclav Smil
“The history of energy use is a sequence of transitions to sources that are cheaper, cleaner, and more flexible.”
— Vaclav Smil
“There is no reason we can't design a car to last for 35 years instead of six or seven.”
— Vaclav Smil