Week 4 Work Flashcards
(5 cards)
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Explain western growth based on (Bonneuil and Fressoz 2016, 249)
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They stated how “two thirds of growth in western industrial countries has been due to an increasing use of fossil fuel, with only one - third resulting from sociotechnical progress”
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Explain what happened in the pre-WW1 naval transition to oil
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1914: GB govt buys 51% share in Anglo-Persian oil, and 20-year contract for Royal Navy
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