ve improved it greatly. Although I like the figure, I realize that the table is more readable.” John Leslie University Professor Emeritus, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. “Tam grateful for the issues of Inference that you have sent to me, all of them very interesting. I admired its quality.” Audrey Li Professor of E

Biography Vaclav Smil is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His interdisciplinary research includes the studies of energy systems (resources, conversions, and impacts), environmental change (particularly glob

stment Officer Notes Vaclav Smil is a Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. His interdisciplinary research has included the studies of energy systems (resources, conversions, and impacts), environmental change (particularly