March 7, 2013

World Has More Energy Than Ever

Vince Beiser, Pacific Standard

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Rapidly advancing technologies are opening up astonishing sources of oil and gas all over the world. We are entering a new era of fossil fuels that is reshaping global economics and politics—and the planet.

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