Power to the People: Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries (Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima and Paul Warde, 2013)
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2018
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Pétrole Mix Transition Industrie DéveloppementSujets proches
Energy resources Power supply Energy Energy Conservation of energy Correlation of forces EnergyCiter ce document
Sylvain Di Manno, « Power to the People: Energy in Europe over the Last Five Centuries (Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima and Paul Warde, 2013) », Revue d'Histoire de l'Énergie, ID : 10670/1.tfbk98
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Kander, Malanima and Warde’s book aims to demonstrate the potential of energy statistics to understand the historical and economic evolutions of European countries since the Renaissance. During the last five centuries, successive energy transitions allowed an unequaled expansion of energy consumption, leading to our current dependence on fossil fuels. According to the authors, rises in energy consumption and economic growth seem strongly intertwined. Nevertheless, the authors’ tendency to limit their analysis to neoclassical economic patterns represents the major questionable point of this book.