GHung wrote:Why? Because mechanical energy slaves became less problematic than real human slaves.
Narz wrote:It was a practical idea at the time, not so much in the long run. Which tends to be how modern humans think.
DesuMaiden wrote:making ourselves so dependent on such a resource was a good thing because it allowed our population to multiply by several times within just a few decades.
yellowcanoe wrote:Countries that are entirely dependent on imported oil will presumably get into serious trouble sooner than countries that have a significant amount of oil production.
Why were we foolish enough to make our economy and agriculture totally and utterly dependent on oil?
GregT wrote:Why were we foolish enough to make our economy and agriculture totally and utterly dependent on oil?
We weren't. Modern agriculture and economics are a result of fossil fuels. Without fossil fuels both would not exist. We didn't create an economy reliant on fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are what created the economy.
Shaved Monkey wrote:During WW11 the UK was the most productive agriculturally it has ever been.
DesuMaiden wrote:Why were we foolish enough to make our economy and agriculture totally and utterly dependent on oil? .
vtsnowedin wrote:DesuMaiden wrote:Why were we foolish enough to make our economy and agriculture totally and utterly dependent on oil? .
If you had spent even one day walking behind a horse drawn plow you would not ask such silly questions.
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