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The development of modern economy and society is based on the rapid development of social productive forces. Construction of a material civilization, such as agriculture, industry, transportation, and modern living facilities, is inseparable from the demand for energy. From ancient times, human beings started learning how to use fire, wood, and other natural resources to live, representing the earliest form of energy utilization by human beings. With the rapid development of industrialization in Britain in the eighteenth century, humankind entered the steam age, and the demand for coal increased greatly, resulting in the first energy conversion from charcoal to coal. In the late 1860s, Britain’s Second Industrial Revolution came to an end, triggering the rapid development of global productivity. The emergence of the internal combustion engine caused oil to gradually replace coal in the energy structure, and the second energy conversion from coal to oil was completed. However, the exploitation and utilization of non-renewable energy resources, such as coal and oil, can cause air pollution, and environmental deterioration, and in recent years, the pursuit of economic development has led to the gradual deterioration of the global environment. Therefore, people must take environmental issues into account and adhere to the principles of sustainable development. In the future, low-carbon emission energy sources, such as clean energy and new energy, will inevitably replace the current high-carbon emission energy sources, such as coal and oil, and the third energy conversion will be completed.
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Song, M., Ding, T., Chen, J. (2023). Efficiency Evaluation of Energy and Resource Utilization at the Regional Level in China. In: Natural Resources Utilization in China. Contributions to Public Administration and Public Policy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4981-6_3
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