Energía y civilización

Energy is the only universal bargaining chip. Without energy transformation, there is nothing. Life on Earth depends on the conversion of solar energy into plant biomass, while humans have learned to use other energy streams, such as fossil fuels or photovoltaic electricity generation. In this monumental story, Vaclav Smil offers an impressive overview of how energy has driven the cultural and economic progress of human societies over the past ten thousand years, from the earliest hunter-gatherer groups to fossil civilization through to societies. traditional farming and the "great transition" that changed everything.