Vaclav is certainly not a climate change denier- instead he is a realist who recognises the duplicity and dishonesty of many, on both sides of the issue.

Vaclav Smil - 'Regrettably, we have largely ignored taking steps that could have limited the long-term impacts of climate change and that should have been taken even in the absence of any global warming concerns because they bring long-term savings and provide more comfort. And as if that were not enough, we have deliberately introduced and promoted the diffusion of new products and energy conversions that have boosted the consumption of fossil energies and hence further intensified CO2 emissions.'

Will climate change denier OP @denlillaapan acknowledge his academic hero Vaclav is not a climate change denier but instead a realist who simply acknowledges the failure of governments and societies to robustly and sufficiently TAKE ACTION on this VERY REAL threat to the biosphere?