“Since the early seventeenth century we’ve been fervently digging up this buried ancient carbon that cook tens of millions of years for the Earth to slowly stockpile, and we burned a great deal of it in just a few centuries. While there are concerns over peak oil and the diminishing supply of crude, there is plenty of accessible coal still underground – certainly another few centuries’ worth at current consumption rates. In this sense, then, we’re not currently facing another energy crisis but a climate crisis, born as a result of our past solution to our energy hunger” Climate ChangeWeatherNatural ResourcesDepletionIndustrial Complex Book:Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History Source: Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History
“The carbon dioxide released by the combustion of fossil fuels has been rapidly increasing its level in the atmosphere, which is now 45 per cent higher that prior to the Industrial Revolution.” Climate ChangeWeatherNatural ResourcesDepletionIndustrial Complex Book:Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History Source: Origins: How Earth's History Shaped Human History