How the World Really Works

Oil. The world really works because of oil.

Good for its candor about serious issues with the challenge of decarbonization. Bad for its “old man yells at cloud” energy. Some of the examples feel pretty cherry-picked and his conclusions not reasonable (“Y2K never happened!” Uhhh yeah dude cause we spent years making sure it wouldn't). Overall a decent read.

Vskutku obohacující, ale autor by mohl začít používat tabulky. Místy to bylo fakt pain číst. Ale chápu, že se snažil vyvarovat misinterpretaci dat. Přišlo mi to jako dobrý návod jak přemýšlet o ekonomice a jak chápat současnost z pohledu historického vývoje.

I was trying to get into new habit of making notes from the book I read but...
Not even a single note out of this book.
Completely waste of time.
I thinks Bill and Valcav are true friends because it takes a great courage to recommend something like that .

This is a bit technical, and more or less goes over how complicated things are, in actual economic / industrial terms and how changing that (which produces greenhouse gasses and global warming) is a damned difficult thing to do.

For someone like Bill Gates, who recommends this book, it may be useful as it points out where innovation can and should be, and therefore where to make helpful (and profitable) investments. For the rest of us without venture funds, it is downright disheartening.

For me personally, it means I need to look at where to go and how to live to mitigate as much of the coming impact of global warming, for me and my family, and successive generations. Hunker down, boys and girls.