>I here assume that Rumford's directions for the construction of kitchen fireplaces and economy of fuel are carried out. We are in these matters still a century behind his arrangements of 1790, and nothing short of a coal-famine will punish and cure our criminal extravagance.
Looks like for quite some time the high energy density of fossil fuel exacerbates the amount of energy wasted.
>I here assume that Rumford's directions for the construction of kitchen fireplaces and economy of fuel are carried out. We are in these matters still a century behind his arrangements of 1790, and nothing short of a coal-famine will punish and cure our criminal extravagance.
Looks like for quite some time the high energy density of fossil fuel exacerbates the amount of energy wasted.