Life requires energy to survive. All living things consume fuel, generate the energy they need, and emit waste products. Our society is no different from the smallest one-cell organism in that we search for fuel and consume it to generate the energy we need to survive. The common denominator is that the primary fuel is carbon-based and the dominant waste is CO2. As our society grows, its desire for more energy grows. Over the past 150 years, we have consumed enormous amounts of carbon-based fuels in developing our civilization. Increasingly, society has become concerned with the impact our actions are having on the planet and its ability to sustain our continued development. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK44138/
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