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> [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/)

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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/)

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

> [ 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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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