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Predictably, Lester Brown advances his usual environmental catastrophe argument while Smil claims we need better governance and must somehow keep the Chinese from adopting grain-fed meat diets.
Eric Holt Gimenez: Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight Eric Holt Gimenez 2011
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Energy expert Vaclav Smil calculates that achieving that goal in a decade--former Vice President Al Gore's proposal--would incur building costs and write-downs on the order of $4 trillion.
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Unfortunately Brown, Smil and Revkin all converge uncritically on the well-worn "solutions" genetic engineering and individual consumer choices resting firmly on the heroic assumptions propping up the global corporate food regime:
Eric Holt Gimenez: Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight Eric Holt Gimenez 2011
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What is good about Brown's argument is that he recognizes that the current economic system is destroying the environment that we depend upon to survive something Smil denies.
Eric Holt Gimenez: Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight Eric Holt Gimenez 2011
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More use of fertilizers means more nitrous oxide emissions, which are 200 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide Smil, Global Catastrophes and Trends, p.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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Even at the height of its relative power following World War II, Smil notes, "the U.S. did not behave like an imperial power: It did not annex any foreign territories or impose any direct permanent military rule in the defeated countries."
Book Review Steve Forbes 2010
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In “Why America Is Not a New Rome,” Smil, a professor at the University of Manitoba, delves into the meaning of empire, the real extent of Roman and American power and a variety of other social, economic and political aspects.
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In this well-written book author Smil robustly attacks the whole concept of such comparisons.
Book Review Steve Forbes 2010
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More use of fertilizers means more nitrous oxide emissions, which are 200 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide Smil, Global Catastrophes and Trends, p.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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More use of fertilizers means more nitrous oxide emissions, which are 200 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide Smil, Global Catastrophes and Trends, p.
When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts 2010
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