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Fossil fuels have been powering human development for a long time. Prior to accessing fossil fuels, the energy driving North America’s economy was in the immoral form of human energy through slavery. This uncomfortable reality has never been fully acknowledged as a source of the initial wealth that led to the Industrial Revolution. Civilization has been steadily consuming more fossil fuels; consequently, more and more carbon dioxide has been pumped into the atmosphere. This section examines how an expanding world population along with growing economies had added to climate change.