Since the industrial revolution the concentrated energy of the Sun stored in fossilized plants as fossil fuels has been a major driver of technology which, in turn, has been the source of both economic and political power.
Od industrijske revolucije koncentrirana energija Sunca pohranjena u fosiliziranim biljkama kao fosilna goriva bila je glavni pokretač tehnologije koja je zauzvrat bila izvor ekonomske i političke moći.