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Perhaps the first historic mention of a substance derived from coal goes back to the Bible, when Yahweh orders Noah to build the famous ark.
Just like bacteria, fungi, and higher animals, humans will always seek new sources of cheap, accessible organic carbon.
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Gómez Cadenas, J.J. (2012). The Ignoble Fuel. In: The Nuclear Environmentalist. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2478-6_4
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