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Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p><strong>History through the lens of energy: a bibliography</strong></p><p>Some years back I was asked if there were any books addressing history through the perspective of energy. And so I discovered Vaclav Smil’s excellent <em>Energy in World History</em>, delivering just that, updated two years ago under a new title. The catalogue’s expanded, and following a discussion with Emmanuel Florac (lost with Joindiaspora's demise), I’m expanding my list.</p><p>Emmanuel adds Auzenneau. I’ve read Weissenbacher and known of Rodes, and have both Smil’s books. The others are new to me.</p><p>Searching Worldcat for books on history and energy:</p><ul><li><p>Matthieu Auzanneau, <em>Oil, Power, and War: a dark history</em>. Chelsea Green Publishing Co., (2020). <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/oil-power-and-war-a-dark-history/oclc/1124590359" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/oil-power-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-war-a-dark-history/oclc/1124590359</span></a></p></li><li><p>Vaclav Smil, <em>Energy in World History</em>. Routledge (1994) <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-in-world-history/oclc/1124490716" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/energy-in-w</span><span class="invisible">orld-history/oclc/1124490716</span></a></p></li><li><p>Vaclav Smil, <em>Energy and civilization : a history</em>. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (2018) <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-and-civilization-a-history/oclc/1134666593" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/energy-and-</span><span class="invisible">civilization-a-history/oclc/1134666593</span></a></p></li><li><p>Manfred Weissenbacher, <em>Sources of Power : How energy forges human history</em> (2 vols). Praeger, (2009). <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/sources-of-power-how-energy-forges-human-history/oclc/1131512551" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/sources-of-</span><span class="invisible">power-how-energy-forges-human-history/oclc/1131512551</span></a></p></li><li><p>Richard Rhodes, <em>Energy : a human history</em>. Simon &amp; Schuster (2019) <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-a-human-history/oclc/1134660012" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/energy-a-hu</span><span class="invisible">man-history/oclc/1134660012</span></a></p></li><li><p><em>Economic history of energy and environment</em>. Springer (2016). <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/economic-history-of-energy-and-environment/oclc/980482798" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/economic-hi</span><span class="invisible">story-of-energy-and-environment/oclc/980482798</span></a></p></li><li><p>Anthony N Penna, <em>A History of Energy Flows : From human labor to renewable power</em>. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, (2020). <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/history-of-energy-flows-from-human-labor-to-renewable-power/oclc/1119745736" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/history-of-</span><span class="invisible">energy-flows-from-human-labor-to-renewable-power/oclc/1119745736</span></a></p></li><li><p>Cutler J Cleveland, <em>Concise Encyclopedia of History of Energy. Elsevier</em>, (2009) <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/concise-encyclopedia-of-history-of-energy/oclc/520656249" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/concise-enc</span><span class="invisible">yclopedia-of-history-of-energy/oclc/520656249</span></a></p></li><li><p>Joseph A Pratt, <em>Energy Capitals : Local Impact, Global Influence</em>. University of Pittsburgh Press, (2014). <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/energy-capitals-local-impact-global-influence/oclc/878918855" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldcat.org/title/energy-capi</span><span class="invisible">tals-local-impact-global-influence/oclc/878918855</span></a></p></li></ul><p>(Adapted from <a href="https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/ee8c190017d501391a81002590d8e506" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/</span><span class="invisible">ee8c190017d501391a81002590d8e506</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/EnergyInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EnergyInHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/VaclavSmil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VaclavSmil</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/MatthieuAuzanneau" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MatthieuAuzanneau</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/RichardRhodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RichardRhodes</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/ManfredWeissenbacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ManfredWeissenbacher</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/AnthonyNPenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AnthonyNPenna</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/CutlerJCleveland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CutlerJCleveland</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/JosephAPratt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JosephAPratt</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/bibliography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bibliography</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p><strong>The Modern World Can't Exist Without These Four Ingredients. They All Require Fossil Fuels</strong></p><blockquote><p>Four materials rank highest on the scale of necessity, forming what I have called the four pillars of modern civilization: cement, steel, plastics, and ammonia are needed in larger quantities than are other essential inputs. The world now produces annually about 4.5 billion tons of cement, 1.8 billion tons of steel, nearly 400 million tons of plastics, and 180 million tons of ammonia. But it is ammonia that deserves the top position as our most important material: its synthesis is the basis of all nitrogen fertilizers, and without their applications it would be impossible to feed, at current levels, nearly half of today’s nearly 8 billion people.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://time.com/6175734/reliance-on-fossil-fuels/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/6175734/reliance-on-f</span><span class="invisible">ossil-fuels/</span></a></p><p>Paywall / broken JS: <a href="https://archive.ph/7FFlL" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/7FFlL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>HN discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31395036" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3</span><span class="invisible">1395036</span></a></p><p><strong>Edit:</strong> tyop: s/Payall/Paywall/</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/VaclavSmil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>VaclavSmil</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Postcarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Postcarbon</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Materials" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Materials</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Limits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Limits</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/LimitsToGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LimitsToGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>resources</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Books</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@woozle" class="u-url mention">@<span>woozle</span></a></span> @Laurelai@witches.town Also, I cannot recommend Vaclav Smil highly enough for his books on general resource consumption. This includes _both_ energy _and_ materials, in separate texts. Specifically:</p><p>Making the Modern World: Materials and dematerialization:<br /><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884308960" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldcat.org/oclc/884308960</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Energy and Civilization:<br /><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1020269522" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldcat.org/oclc/1020269522</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Energy Transitions:<br /><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/955778608" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldcat.org/oclc/955778608</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Creating the Twentieth Century<br /><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/300316820" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldcat.org/oclc/300316820</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/vaclavsmil" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>vaclavsmil</span></a><br /><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sustainability</span></a></p>
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