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Energy transitions: future without fossil energies is desirable, and it is eventually inevitable. But the road from today’s overwhelmingly fossil-fueled civilization to a new global solar energy system based on efficient conversions of renewable flows will be neither fast nor cheap. Vaclav Smil is bullish on gas and other transitional technologies that can pave the way to solar technology and other renewables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Distinguished Professor and author Vaclav Smil explores technological transitions of past, present and future that are critical for understanding how to shift to a low carbon future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n