… The twentieth century was thus thefirst era dominated by fossil fuels, and the 16-fold rise
of their use since1900 created the first high-energy global civilization in human history. …

… The book is a revised and expanded version of the earlier primer “Energy in World History”
[23]. … Smil also throws in a few calculations of his own on subjects such as the energy costs of …

… past, Vaclav Smil in his important “Energy in World History” (1994), … The published work by
Vaclav Smil on power densities, … the risks of drastic change and the lessons of human history. …

… global energy consumption. Its studies examine the development of global natural gas markets,
reform of electric power … the implications of the energy transition for human welfare (part 6…

… and human response during the early modern period. Vaclav Smil undertakes a sweeping
but careful synthesis of global history as seen from the perspective of energy technologies. …

… of food and energy production on the global N cycle by … Factory to field: Of the 100 N atoms
produced, 94 are applied … , and the assistance of Vaclav Smil. We are also appreciative of the …

… -Roegan, energy scientist Vaclav Smil and a number of others in these and other disciplines,
human history, including contemporary events, is essentially about exploiting energy and …

… of the history of energy around the globe. Accepting that there has only been one major
shift in energy regimes over the course of human history—from solar energy to fossil fuels—the …

… here the contribution of Vaclav Smil, whose prolific and … energy transition (Smil 2010b),
resources availability and ecological footprint (Smil 2002; 2012), and even meat production (Smil …

… Vaclav Smil (1984) writes about the considerable degradation to which the Chinese … satisfied
human needs and other realistic indicators such as investment in human resources, energy …