Brilliant work. Explains wonderfully how interconnected everything is and how fossil fuels permeates almost every aspect of life. People are in for a big shock when they realise.
“It may be that this solution is not the final one.” Obviously Haber said this in a very different context here, but it is still a chilling foreshadowing statement nonetheless.
When you think you’ve had a productive day, just read the below passage.
Humphry Davy, the father of electrochemistry, the first person to isolate elemental chlorine and iodine and among other things being the first person to isolate sodium and potassium, calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year
Fascinating history. Thanks for posting this!
Brilliant work. Explains wonderfully how interconnected everything is and how fossil fuels permeates almost every aspect of life. People are in for a big shock when they realise.
“It may be that this solution is not the final one.” Obviously Haber said this in a very different context here, but it is still a chilling foreshadowing statement nonetheless.
Great article!
Oppenheimer's infamous, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds' quote comes to mind too!
Absolutely priceless. Great history lesson, and even more important lesson for the present day.
Between you and the Green Chicken, you have done your readers a great service.
Thank you! Being compared to the Green Chicken is quite the compliment!
Great article Leap!
When you think you’ve had a productive day, just read the below passage.
Humphry Davy, the father of electrochemistry, the first person to isolate elemental chlorine and iodine and among other things being the first person to isolate sodium and potassium, calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year