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> [Some countries that grow lots of pork, like Denmark and the Netherlands, are either eliminating antibiotics or reducing them. We have to do that. Otherwise we'll create such antibiotic resistance, it will be just terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/some-countries-that-grow-lots-of-pork-like-denmark-and-the/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

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## More by Vaclav Smil

> [Meat eaters don't like me because I call for moderation, and vegetarians don't like me because I say there's nothing wrong with eating meat.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/meat-eaters-don-t-like-me-because-i-call-for-moderation-and/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [America tends to assume Silicon Valley-style innovators can drive quick and transformative changes, but even Silicon Valley's would-be masters of the universe have discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/america-tends-to-assume-silicon-valley-style-innovators-can-drive/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [When you talk in terms of electricity, renewable is very important. Hydro in Manitoba. Hydro in Sweden. Wind in Denmark. Of course, those are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/when-you-talk-in-terms-of-electricity-renewable-is-very-important/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/no-matter-how-complex-or-affluent-human-societies-are-nothing-but/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [Energy use is merely a means to many rewarding ends: economic security, education, health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/energy-use-is-merely-a-means-to-many-rewarding-ends-economic-security/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [In every society, manufacturing builds the lower middle class. If you give up manufacturing, you end up with haves and have-nots, and you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/in-every-society-manufacturing-builds-the-lower-middle-class-if-you/)

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> [ Everyone \[in higher education\] was what I call drillers of deeper wells. These academics sit at the bottom of a deep well and they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/everyone-in-higher-education-was-what-i-call-drillers-of-deeper-wells/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [Meat is undoubtedly an environmentally expensive food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/meat-is-undoubtedly-an-environmentally-expensive-food/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [There is no reason we can't design a car to last for 35 years instead of six or seven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/there-is-no-reason-we-can-t-design-a-car-to-last-for-35-years-instead/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [I've read about 80 books a year for the past 50 years. I come from cultural breeding. I don't have a cellphone. When you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/i-ve-read-about-80-books-a-year-for-the-past-50-years-i-come-from/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [“I wrote this book because I wanted to narrate the great, and a truly nation-building, story of US manufacturing—and because I believe that without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/i-wrote-this-book-because-i-wanted-to-narrate-the-great-and-a-truly/)

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> [Apple! Boy, what a story. No taxes paid, everything made abroad—yet everyone worships them. This new iPhone, there’s nothing new in it. Just a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/apple-boy-what-a-story-no-taxes-paid-everything-made-abroad-yet/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [A useful analogy is to see traditional societies as relying on instantaneous (or minimally delayed) and constantly replenished solar income, while modern civilization is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/a-useful-analogy-is-to-see-traditional-societies-as-relying-on/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [People shouldn't be living in certain places - on earthquake faults or on flood plains. But they do, and there are consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/people-shouldn-t-be-living-in-certain-places-on-earthquake-faults-or/)

[Vaclav Smil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vaclav-smil/)

> [Your past always leads to who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vaclav-smil/your-past-always-leads-to-who-you-are/)

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