“Man may be unwittingly changing the world's climate through the waste products of his civilization. The burning of coal, oil and wood is releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.”
It reminds me of how in Gilgamesh’s deforestation, and the fall from eden.
“If we're going to fight climate change effectively, we have to start by acknowledging that most of our economy is based on fossil fuels.”
“ Fossil fuels are coal, oil and natural gas. Oil powers most of the transportation sector. Coal and natural gas power most of the electricity.”
“Now in the first couple decades of the 21st century, in order to sustain our dependance on fossil fuels, we're going to very risky, very extreme new sources.”
“…mountaintop removal, fracking, offshore drilling, and the tar sands.”
“They take away massive forests… poison streams and rivers…”
“There is no such thing as clean fossil fuel.”
It is the “feedback loop“, the culture shape the environment and environment shape the culture.