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The Aeneid gave Augustus more than praise. It gave his rule a sacred genealogy and made empire appear to be Rome’s destined future. Yet Virgil’s world remains filled with failed settlements, environmental destruction, civil conflict, and people sacrificed to the promised new order. #Brewminate #Roman #Mythology #Literature #Virgil #Augustus https://brewminate.com/virgils-aeneid-as-augustan-totalitarian-propaganda-in-ancient-rome/

Petroleum became modern power in liquid form. From ancient uses of bitumen and natural gas to kerosene, refineries, oil wells, engines, warships, cars, and energy crises, the petroleum industry helped build the modern world and many of its environmental conflicts. Climate change is real, and we caused it. Progress came with a price. #Brewminate #Petroleum #Gas #Oil #FossilFuels #Environment #Climate https://brewminate.com/chasing-black-gold-a-history-of-the-petroleum-industry/

Coal was the lifeblood of Britain’s Industrial Revolution. It powered steam engines, factories, railways, ships, gas lighting, ironworks, and steel production. But underground, miners faced long shifts, cramped seams, explosions, collapses, coal dust, disease, and child labor. #Brewminate #Petroleum #Gas #Oil #FossilFuels #Environment #Climate #IndustrialRevolution https://brewminate.com/dirty-days-coal-mining-in-the-british-industrial-revolution/