How the World Really Works — Quotes

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Author: Vaclav Smil Source: Goodreads

49 quotes, one page each — split at import because this page carried more quoted words than the wiki publishes on a single page.

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We’re Going

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• “Four pillars of modern civilization: ammonia, steel, concrete…”
• “The strong inverse relationship between the risk and…”
• “Be…”
• “2020 the average annual per capita energy supply…”
• “Both the high relative share and the scale…”
• “The sheer scale, cost, and technical inertia of…”
• “Industrial man no longer eats potatoes made from…”
• “Between 1800 and 2020, we reduced the labor…”
• “Extrasomatic…”
• “The real wrench in the works: we are…”
• “Obviously, this atomization of knowledge has not made…”
• “De omnibus dubitandum (Doubt everything)…”
• “To believe that our understanding of these dynamic…”
• “Roger Revelle, an American oceanographer, and Hans Suess…”
• “Rudolf Diesel deliberately set out to design a…”
• “Steel, ammonia, cement, and plastics…”
• “Ngram Viewer charts provide excellent illustrations of long-term…”
• “У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою…”
• “Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального…”
• “Arguments for reshoring many kinds of manufacturing in…”
• “Four pillars of modern civilization: ammonia, steel, concrete…”
• “The strong inverse relationship between the risk and…”
• “Be…”
• “2020 the average annual per capita energy supply…”
• “Both the high relative share and the scale…”
• “The sheer scale, cost, and technical inertia of…”
• “Industrial man no longer eats potatoes made from…”
• “Between 1800 and 2020, we reduced the labor…”
• “Extrasomatic…”
• “The real wrench in the works: we are…”
• “Obviously, this atomization of knowledge has not made…”
• “De omnibus dubitandum (Doubt everything)…”
• “To believe that our understanding of these dynamic…”
• “Roger Revelle, an American oceanographer, and Hans Suess…”
• “Rudolf Diesel deliberately set out to design a…”
• “Steel, ammonia, cement, and plastics…”
• “Ngram Viewer charts provide excellent illustrations of long-term…”
• “У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою…”
• “Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального…”
• “Arguments for reshoring many kinds of manufacturing in…”
• “An abundance of useful energy underlies and explains…”
• “2014)…”
• “We are a fossil-fueled civilization whose technical and…”
• “Industrial man no longer eats potatoes made from…”
• “SUV ownership began to rise in the US…”
• “World’s forests have been a large and persistent…”
• “Apocalypse and singularity offer two absolutes: our future…”
• “Sobrino de Botín, a short walk south of…”
• “Persistence is as important as forgetting: despite the…”