When someone declares that they believe that technology will save us from the consequences of climate breakdown, we are reminded of the Philip K. Dick observation that reality is what is still there when you stop “believing” in it.
We are indebted to a DP correspondent for steering us towards a sobering, factual report written by the distinguished climate scientist Vaclav Smil. The entire report is available here; an excerpt below. Graph appears earlier in the report.
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