Jevons’s energy-by-energy analysis is as true today as it was when penned in 1865

150 Years ago, Scholars Knew the Need of Dense, Not Intermittent, Energy

By Institute for Energy Research —— Bio and Archives--January 15, 2013

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W. S. Jevons classic book The Coal Question (1865) explained how coal (and by implication, gas and oil) were uniquely suited for—and indeed, prerequisites for—the machine age. His insights are even more applicable to today’s ultra-reliable, always-on energy requirements than when he first made them nearly 150 years ago. Indeed, it is hard to imagine an Industrial Revolution without reliable energy, and harder to imagine today’s world without plentiful, reliable, affordable energy.

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