Chris Nelder 🤘 on Nostr: Excellent and nuanced take on Vaclav Smil, in which Arno Kopecky cuts a careful line ...

Excellent and nuanced take on Vaclav Smil, in which Arno Kopecky cuts a careful line between giving his work its due, while also putting his dour doomerishness (and his cozy relationship with climate deniers and fossil fuel producers) in proper perspective. https://thewalrus.ca/why-vaclav-smil-is-fed-up-with-climate-activism/

I wrote a similar take on Smil a decade ago: https://www.getreallist.com/watts-up-vaclav-my-critique-of-vaclav-smil.html

Smil may be BillG's favorite energy guy but that don't mean a thing, really, so don't fall for the hype.