12∞ · Question 11.7.2
How did fossil fuels remake human life?
They gave each person the labor of many. A barrel of oil holds the equivalent of years of human physical work, and coal, oil, and gas powered nearly everything modern:…
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.7: Technology Without Wisdom
- In print
- Page 374
- ← 11.7.1 · Was the Industrial Revolution a blessing or a curse?
- 11.7.3 → · Were the Luddites simply against technology?
- All of Part 11
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