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Control over metals, coal and oil key to all empires / Fall-back into agrarian society possible
The control of noble metals was a key to ancient and modern empires.
Soldiers were paid with gold or silver coins, so they were able to
extent the empire and conquer more mines to pay more soldiers. Modern
empires like the British Empire were built on coal – which went down
with the end of British coal resources. The Empire of our times is built
on fossil fuels as well: controlling them means to dominate the world.
However, shortages of oil, coal and metals combined with catastrophic
climate change could lead to a collapse of modern civilization and bring
us back to an agrarian society. However this scenario is avoidable
according to Bardi, if we stop mining the earth and start mining our
waste, closing the resource cycle.
