Activity for Paul Smithâ€
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A: Can there be a space age without petroleum (crude oil)? No. It was never about the available technology, it was about the excess of energy required to break through to the next level. Steam engines and vacuum tubes wont get you to space. Every civilization in history that has out-performed its neighbors has done so on the back of 'excess energy'. Someth... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |