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Children of the Sun - A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy (Hardcover)
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Children of the Sun - A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy (Hardcover)
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When the hearth fires started burning in the Palaeolithic, our
ancestors broadened the exploitation of food and initiated an
avalanche of change. Cooking is not often associated with drilling
for oil but both are innovations that allow us to tap the sun's
energy accumulated in organic matter. A story of slow evolutionary
change and sharp revolutionary departures, "Children of the Sun"
reveals how humanity's successes hinge directly on effective uses
of sun energy and how humans have transformed the world and
themselves in their quest for energy. But dwindling natural
resources, global warming and environmental pollution all testify
to the limits of our fossil-fuel civilisation. Although we haven't
yet adopted a feasible alternative, our ingenuity and adaptability
as a species give us hope.
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