… A prime example is the environmental scientist Vaclav Smil, whose many books have been
… energy intensive society in human history, David Nye has shown how increasing energy …

… that structures the entire course of world history. In the words of Vaclav Smil: ‘[c]ivilization’s
advances can be seen as a quest for higher energy use required to produce increased food …

… the world’s first solar energy farm in Egypt before the First World War. The history of energy
… competitions, and most importantly, the energy decisions made by millions and millions of …

… the world’s first solar energy farm in Egypt before the First World War. The history of energy
… competitions, and most importantly, the energy decisions made by millions and millions of …

… that structures the entire course of world history. In the words of Vaclav Smil:'[c] ivilization's
advances can be seen as a quest for higher energy use required to produce increased food …

… It was then that the heyday of petroleum—what could be described as the Petrocene Age-began
in earnest: the period of history in which our Promethean pursuit of fire's energy, most …

… What is more, the well-being of ecologies might be limited to reducing emissions and
human enjoyment of a non-specific nature. 2 The material reality of energy, its history and its …

… Vaclav Smil noted that the idea that secular improvements in energy conversion efficiency …
For the definitive account of the environmental history of this project, see Robert Lifset, Power …

… system equipped with energy storage. The … energy storage can favorably affect the
economic efficiency of photovoltaic installations, but it requires the installation of a smart energy …

… energy systems are unlikely to become structurally decentralized, as advocates of “energy …
for popular mobilization around energy to help maintain or reinvigorate democratic rights. …