On the Relationship Between Fossil Fuel Use and Human Progress

Yeah, the next time that Al Gore, John Kerry, or any of these other pinheaded politicians try to convince you of the evils of hydrocarbons, show 'em this graph and then politely ask the schmucks if they really want to go back to a time when people barely eked out an existence and perished before the age of 40......'cause that's exactly what'll happen if we try and run a modern industrial economy on unreliable forms of energy such as solar, wind, and biofuels.