Compared to 1900, each unit of energy input in the year 2000 provides four times as much useful heat, move a person 550 times farther, provide 50 times more illumination, and produce 12 times as much electricity. And what was the super-duper double secret government program that led to this astounding increase? Let’s just say that it was not born in the brain of a green-jobs czar.
Manhattan Project for Green Jobs
Sep 19th, 2009 by wintercow20
The Green Jobs folks want expensive energy. They want to make us more humble. They want to vindicate their vision, which is a poorer, fairer world where there will be plenty left around for them to enjoy.
I’m going to save your statistics somewhere. They are not surprising, although I suspect they may be understated.
My guess is that the super-duper secret government program was the Manhattan Project, although somewhere I would give credit to the free manufacturers of grease and ball bearings. Some credit should go to John Locke and James Madison, too.