Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, our society
has come to consume more and more fossil fuels. We started with
coal, and then came oil, natural gas and others. The growth in
demand for these fossil fuels at the beginning of the second
half of the twentieth century became exponential. In the first
decade of this century, we are consuming those materials more
than ever! It’s easy to see the enormous benefits that the use
of these fuels has brought to all humankind. Due to the growth
of the world population, we could not have reached the standards
of comfort and life expectancy we have today without the energy
generated with the use of fossil fuels. However, throughout the
1960s, man started to realize that the planet was signaling that
something was not right. Some regions began to experience
shorter periods of heavier rainfall while others were suffering
severe droughts or freezing winters and an ongoing sequence of
climatic anomalies. Then scientists discovered an almost direct
link between the