Introduction

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Part 1: Energy 

 

1.  Energy Fundamentals

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2. The History of Energy and Materials

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     Our First Tech

     From Energy: Bricks, Glass and Cement

     From Energy: The Bronze Age

     From Energy: The Iron Age

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3. Modern Energy

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     Preamble

     Wood: Energy for the Billions

     Coal: Fossilized Peat, the Foundation of Industry

     Oil: Valued for What It Is Able to Accomplish

     Natural Gas: From Blue Flames, Blue Skies

     Liquid Bio-fuel: Farmed Fuel

     Alternatives to Combustion:

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               Hydro Power: It Is What It Says on the Tin

               Nuclear Power: It Is What It Says on the Tin

               Wind Power: Turbulence Ahead

               Solar Power: Clean Tech, Toxic Regulations

               Electrical Batteries: The Biggest Game Changer, and Not

               Hydrogen: Future Fuel?

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     Conclusions in Respect of Modern Energy

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Part 2: The Science of Carbon Dioxide in Upheaval

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1. Preamble

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2. New Science: More Carbon Dioxide is Fertilizing an Increase of 2.3% in the Green Area of the Earth Per Decade

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3. New Science: More Carbon Dioxide is Fertilizing an Increase of 2.0% in the Forested Area of the Earth Per Decade

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4. New Science: Carbon Dioxide Regulates the Amount of Life on Earth

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5. The Global Warming Paradigm of the United Nations

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6. New Science: The Water Cycle Rethought

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Part 3: Energy and Carbon Dioxide in Context

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1. Breathing Emits Carbon Dioxide

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2. Atmospheric Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide

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3. Additional Perspectives on Global Warming

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4. Efficient Farming

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     Farming Is the Foundation of Human Civilization

     Farmland Is Taken from Wilderness

     Farming Is the Cornerstone of Prosperity 

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5. EU Energy Policy: Prolonging a Century of Agony

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6. Oil & Lessons from Collapsed Civilizations

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7. Carbon Markets: Fraud Markets

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8. Game Changer: The End of Free Money

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9. The Philosophical Basis of Net Zero

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10. Elephants & Bison: Habitat Matters, Not Carbon Dioxide

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11. Psychological Considerations 

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12. Wildfires: Misrepresented

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13. Energy, War and Peace

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14. Energy and the Role of Government

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15. Has PR Gone Too Far?

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16. Big Oil, Fighting the Energy Transition?

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17. Perspectives on the UK

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18. The Language of Green Energy

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19​. A Green Spiritual War

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Conclusions