There is a modern misconception that a modern economy will become less reliant on energy. A word association test on the ‘industrial age’ would elicit ideas of satanic mills, steam turbines and automobiles. Big, loud things that emit a lot of, in some people’s views, dangerous pollutants.
The ‘information age’ elicits a less sensory, indeed in cases a virtual, industry of computers, mobile phones and Facebook.
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