NATS 1760 Chapter Notes -Industrial Democracy, Carbon Cycle, Social Forces
20 Jun 2013
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The exploitation of coal provided a thermodynamic force whose supply in the nineteenth century began to increase exponentially. Democracy described as a consequence- political power weakened by a social and technical world increasingly built upon oil. Organic supplies were replaced with highly concentrated stores of buried solar energy( the deposits of carbon) Steam power replaced animal and water power in manufacturing and transportation. Coal and steam power required a third component-= iron. Iron smelters mastered difficult process with smelting with coke( increased production with the production of coal) The cornish high-pressure engines were combined with iron and coal to build steam railways. Earths surface combined with the opening up of a third dimension: the subterranean stores of carbon. Timescale of energy production was dependent on the rate of photosynthesis in crops, lifespan of animals, and the time taken to replenish grazing lands and stands of timber. Fossil fuels compressed into a concentrated form.
