About this episode

The episode reviews Vaclav Smil's book, highlighting our heavy reliance on fossil fuels.

 Just how reliant are we on fossil fuels ..... well it turns out a lot!  'How The World Really Works' by Vaclav Smil showed me just how much we still need petroleum and coal to make plastics, ammonia, concrete and steel. So they're not going away any time soon. If you got value from the podcast please provide support back in any way you best see fit!  Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/Xs9DjsurFq Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Kyrin Down, Juan Granados

Topics covered

• fossil fuels
• energy reliance
• environmental impact
• book review
• Vaclav Smil

Keywords

• fossil fuels
• Vaclav Smil
• energy
• book review
• environment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: How The World Really Works

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