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Environmental Science: A Study of Interrelationships, 8/e
Eldon Enger, Delta College
Bradley F. Smith, Western Washington University

Energy and Civilization: Patterns of Consumption

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

Explain why all organisms require a constant input of energy.

Describe how per capita energy consumption increased as civilization developed from hunting and gathering to primitive agriculture to advanced cultures.

Describe how advanced modern civilizations developed as new fuels were used to run machines.

Recognize that coal deposits are not uniformly distributed throughout the world.

Correlate the Industrial Revolution with social and economic changes.

Explain how cheap oil and natural gas led to a consumption-oriented society.

Explain how the automobile changed people's lifestyles.

Explain why overall energy use in the United States declined during the 1970s and 1980s.