Smil is effectively a degrowther because he doesn't believe renewables, EVs etc. will work well enough. Quote: > Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist

Smil is effectively a degrowther because he doesn't believe renewables, EVs etc. will work well enough. Quote: > Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’ Which is at least logically consistent, but bad timing as most of his boosters are currently trying to pivot from "climate change isn't real" to "bloody hippies are holding back rapid rollout of renewables with their environmental regulations" and hoping no one notices the contradiction and their history of fossil fuel apologism.