How the World Really Works - Vaclav Smil by Vaclav Smil, Willie M. Joseph
By: Vaclav Smil Narrated by: Stephen Perring Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins Unabridged Audiobook, Categories: History, WorldWe have never had so much information at our fingertips, and yet most of us simply dont understand how our world really works. Professor Vaclav Smil is not a pessimist or an optimist, he is a scientist, and this book is a much-needed reality check on topics ranging from food production and nutrition, through energy and the environment, to globalisation and the future. For example, the carbon footprint of meat is well known, but did you know that the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel fuel goes into the production of each greenhouse-grown, medium-size, supermarket-bought tomato? The gap between belief and reality is vast., Drawing on the latest science, tackling sources of misinformation head-on and championing a rational, fact-based approach, in How the World Really Works Smil shows, for example, why the planet isnt suffocating (even burning all the planets fossi
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How the World Really Works - Vaclav Smil
Vaclav Smil, Willie M. Joseph
Category: Science
Tags: Science, History
By: Vaclav Smil Narrated by: Stephen Perring Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins Unabridged Audiobook, Categories: History, WorldWe have never had so much information at our fingertips, and yet most of us simply dont understand how our world really works. Professor Vaclav Smil is not a pessimist or an optimist, he is a scientist, and this book is a much-needed reality check on topics ranging from food production and nutrition, through energy and the environment, to globalisation and the future. For example, the carbon footprint of meat is well known, but did you know that the equivalent of five tablespoons of diesel fuel goes into the production of each greenhouse-grown, medium-size, supermarket-bought tomato? The gap between belief and reality is vast., Drawing on the latest science, tackling sources of misinformation head-on and championing a rational, fact-based approach, in How the World Really Works Smil shows, for example, why the planet isnt suffocating (even burning all the planets fossi
