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Welche Erwartungen sind realistisch? Was dürfen wir hoffen?
Erfindungen wie Luftschiffe, Kernspaltung und Überschallgeschwindigkeit galten bei ihrer Geburtsstunde als bahnbrechend und sollten das Leben auf der Erde maßgeblich beeinflussen. Diese Innovationen konnten ihrem Hype jedoch nie gerecht werden und wurden längst von Alternativen überholt.
In seinem neuesten Werk untersucht der weltweit angesehene Umweltwissenschaftler und Energieexperte Vaclav Smil einige Technologien, die trotz enormer Investitionen an Aufwand und Kapital nicht das gehalten haben, was sie...

The biosphere -- the Earth's thin layer of life -- dates from nearly four billion years ago, when the first simple organisms appeared. Many species have exerted enormous influence on the biosphere's character and productivity, but none has transformed the Earth in so many ways and on such a scale as Homo sapiens. In Harvesting the Biosphere, Vaclav Smil offers an interdisciplinary and quantitative account of human claims on the biosphere's stores of living matter, from prehistory to the present day. Smil examines all harvests -- from prehistoric man's hunting of megafauna to...

Energy transitions are fundamental processes behind the evolution of human societies: they both drive and are driven by technical, economic, and social changes. In a bold and provocative argument, Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects describes the history of modern society's dependence on fossil fuels and the prospects for the transition to a nonfossil world. Vaclav Smil, who has published more on various aspects of energy than any working scientist, makes it clear that this transition will not be accomplished easily, and that it cannot be accomplished within the...

Based on the best international and national statistical sources, the second edition of Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives supplies an in-depth evaluation of how economies and nations around the world are striving to move away from traditional energy sources, the unfolding decarbonization process, and problems with intermittent energies and national transition plans. It supplies readers with a clear introduction to the basic properties of energy systems and key concepts of their appraisal, puts energy transition patterns in long-term historical perspective, and...

Fully updated and packed with fascinating facts to fuel dinner party debate, Professor Vaclav Smil's Oil: A Beginner's Guide explains all matters related to the 'black stuff', from its discovery in the earth right through to the controversy that surrounds it today.