⚔️ Warfare has always depended on energy.

In the early modern period, armies consumed forests, animals, and food on a massive scale.

The logistical demands of campaigns created real resource pressures that shaped both military strategy and regional economies.

#MilitaryHistory #EnergyHistory #EarlyModernHistory #Brewminate

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War and Fuel Price Shocks in Early Modern Europe

How warfare drove timber, charcoal, and coal shortages in early modern Europe, triggering fuel price spikes and reshaping energy systems.

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⚡ War has often triggered energy crises that ripple through the global economy.

Oil embargoes, supply disruptions, and price spikes have reshaped policy and strategy for decades.

Understanding those historical shocks helps explain why energy security remains such a critical geopolitical issue today.

#EnergyHistory #OilCrisis #GlobalEconomy #Brewminate

https://brewminate.com/war-energy-price-shocks-oil-crises-history/

War and Energy Price Shocks in Modern Oil Markets

How wars from 1973 to today triggered global oil and gas price shocks through supply disruptions, sanctions, and threats to major energy transit routes.

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The Oil Shock That Changed the World:

What Really Happened During the 1974 Oil Embargo

#OilCrisis #EnergyHistory #Geopolitics #AureFreePress

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The 1974 Oil Embargo: Real Energy Crisis or the Most Misunderstood Shock in American History?

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I wrote a short review of Marc Landry’s _Mountain Battery: The Alps, Water, and Power in the Fossil Fuel Age_! A full review will be published in the _Journal of Modern History_ in due time.

https://bookwyrm.social/user/wilko/comment/9055879

#envhist #energyhistory #Alps #histodons #histtech

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Considering the vastly different population densities, this is an eyebrow-raising figure: "Germany had 18,242 windmills in 1895 ... and Finland had 20,000 windmills in 1900." Any #histscitech or #energyhistory peeps who'd like to weigh in? solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/10/wind...

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Wind Powered Factories: History (and Future) of Industrial Windmills

Would it make sense to revive the industrial windmill and again convert kinetic energy directly into mechanical energy?

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☀️ A century of trying to harness the sun’s power — from Aston’s lab to today’s Tokamak reactors.

🔥 Are we finally close, or still running toward a moving target?

https://brewminate.com/chasing-the-sun-a-century-of-fusion-energy-from-aston-to-tokamak/

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History of Fusion Energy Research Since 1920

The century-long quest for fusion energy, from Aston’s atomic mass insight in 1920 to today’s experimental reactors and promises of limitless power.

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⚡ Green hydrogen’s journey: discovered in 1766, tangled in tech dreams, and even showing up in a 1972 AMC Gremlin.

🌍 It’s a story that proves the road to the future is anything but boring.

https://brewminate.com/tracing-the-arc-of-green-hydrogen-from-1766-to-the-gremlin-in-1972/

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Green Hydrogen Energy from Cavendish to 1972

Trace the history of green hydrogen from Cavendish’s 1766 discovery to its 1972 use in the AMC Gremlin, revealing early visions of clean energy.

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Tomorrow at 4pm! All are welcome for this #energyhistory #energytransition discussion
Excited about this!! See link below for free access to James Allison’s essay on Matewan in our edited volume: American Energy Cinema. Contributors include Julie Cohn, Conevery Valencius, Ty Priest, Kate Brown, Mark Boxell, Chris Dietrich, Sarah Robey, Brian Black, Carolyne Petyon and many others. Out in April with West Virginia Uni Press. #energy #energyhistory #film #envhist https://booktimist.com/2023/01/25/john-sayless-matewan-and-appalachian-history-an-excerpt-from-american-energy-cinema/
John Sayles’s Matewan and Appalachian history: An excerpt from American Energy Cinema

This spring, West Virginia University Press will publish the collection American Energy Cinema, edited by Robert Lifset, Raechel Lutz, and Sarah Stanford-McIntyre. A volume that explores how Hollyw…

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