Why Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Cleaner Alternatives Will Require Fossil Fuels
The world is waiting for a clean revolution , a shift away from the greenhouse gas-emitting, mountain-leveling, air-polluting, fossil-fuel burning way of life. The world may have to wait a long time if past energy transitions are anything to go by, according to environmental scientist Vaclav Smil of the University of Manitoba–especially since fossil fuel energy is so cheap. [More]

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