In the past, most of humanity’s energy needs were obtained from the land, especially from plant matter. This made the land and it’s resources of central importance to human life and culture, and its value was incomparable and unquestionable.
Nowadays, the use of energy-rich fossil fuels has bypassed this most important resource – their value seems incomparable and unquestionable. The land has become a place of physical existence, and there is little relationship with it. Food and work can be found in other places, and what can be obtained from the land has little value.
Eventually, the quantity and quality of fossil fuels are only going to decrease, so the value of the land and our relationship with it will once more come to prominence.
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