Vaclav Smil
Person on 4 sites
Vaclav Smil is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst, born in Plzeň in 1943.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 9 December 1943, Plzeň (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: RNDr., Charles University, Prague (1965); PhD in geography, Pennsylvania State University (1971) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Position: Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Environment, University of Manitoba; taught there from 1972 (opens wiqqi.app)
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2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Batteries are a long way from rivalling liquid fuels; superbatteries for intercontinental flight may not arrive even by 2070 (opens korrents.com)
“But even if that trend continues for the next 50 years, we would still see top densities of about 3,500 Wh/L, no more than a third that of kerosene. The wait for superbatteries ready to power intercontinental flight…”
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Hydroelectricity still matters more than any other form of renewable generation (opens korrents.com)
“And hydro still matters more than any other form of renewable generation.”
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Treating wind and solar as purer green power than hydro is strange, given the embodied energy wind projects require (opens korrents.com)
“This ennoblement is strange, given that wind projects require enormous quantities of embodied energy in the form of steel for towers, plastics for blades, and concrete for foundations.”
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Batteries are a long way from rivalling liquid fuels; superbatteries for intercontinental flight may not arrive even by 2070 (opens korrents.com)
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14 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah (opens rcmnd.app)
“This spring I re-read again Burton’s great two-volume classic of a pilgrimage to Mecca (R. F. Burton: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah ), one of the greatest, and the most informed travelogues…”
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Zuleika Dobson (opens rcmnd.app)
“Another enjoyable re-read was Beerbohm's playful Zuleika story (M. Beerbohm: Zuleika Dobson ).”
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The Snows of Yesteryear (opens rcmnd.app)
“New, and highly recommended, first-time readings have included von Rezzori (G. von Rezzori: The Snows of Yesteryear and G. von Rezzori: Memoirs of an Anti-Semite ) and Crace (J. Crace: Continent ), and Jean Renoir’s…”
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to al-Madinah & Meccah (opens rcmnd.app)