Fossil fuels vs climate action: A not-so-hidden dilemma
We waited too long to begin the inevitable transition away from fossil fuels.
Fossil fuel
Energy at any cost?
If all else is uncertain, how can growing demand for energy be guaranteed? A review of Vaclav Smil’s Natural Gas.
Timetables of power
Fossil fuels are polluting and in limited supply, but they give us copious amounts of energy from small areas of land. Doing without these concentrated fuels won’t be a simple matter of trading a gas tank for a plug-in. A look at Vaclav Smil’s Power Density.