Smil — “The sheer scale, cost, and technical inertia of…”

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

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From: How the World Really Works — Quotes

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The sheer scale, cost, and technical inertia of carbon-dependent activities make it impossible to eliminate all of these uses in just a few decades.