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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, "More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy" (Harper, 2025)

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Intertwined Energies and the Whale Myth

Concrete examples — pit props, lighting, railways — show how wood, coal, oil, and electricity reinforce each other; Fressoz debunks the 'oil saved the whales' story.

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