ts President is resisting German demands for centralized budgetary supervision. Our annual energy discussion with Vaclav Every year, I sit down with Vaclav Smil from the University of Manitoba to discuss “the year in energy”. Vaclav is one of the world’s foremost experts on energy issues, and has written ove

we think about growth, profits, stability and our portfolio investments. As part of this effort, I made a pilgrimage to Manitoba to spend a day with Vaclav Smil. Vaclav is one of the world's foremost experts on energy, and has written over 30 books and 300 papers on the subject (he's #49 on Foreign Policy's l

, been able to create ever more value while using less and less material. To that point, data collected by University of Manitoba natural scientist Vaclav Smil shows that today it requires 20% less energy to produce a ton of steel than it did in 190o. For aluminum and cement, the energy reduction needed to

we think about growth, profits, stability and our portfolio investments. As part of this effort, I made a pilgrimage to Manitoba to spend a day with Vaclav Smil. Vaclav is one of the world's foremost experts on energy, and has written over 30 books and 300 papers on the subject (he's #49 on Foreign Policy's

Anton Zeilinger, Gerald M. Edelman, Christof Koch, Klaus Hepp, Robert C. Bishop, Nancy L. Cartwright, Nanccy Murphy, Max Tegmark, Paul C. W. Davies, Vaclav Smil, William T. Newsome, Robert J. Russell, Gerald Gabrielse • Hardback • ISBN: 9780521882392 • Publication date: October 2010 • 826 pages • 185 b/