Grand Transitions
by Vaclav Smil
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by Vaclav Smil
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Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made by Vaclav Smil Just a wonderful book.
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2024?” ↗Yeah, my unit of analysis is the decade, sorry. Been reading Vaclav Smil too much (Energy in Nature and Society; Grand Transitions). There was a news item on the BBC recently about battery swap being used by taxi firms in "second tier" Chinese cities (so, only 5M - 15M inhabitants). That's how it starts: large fleet operators who…
on “The Chevy Bolt's sales prove America is craving a cheap electric car” ↗