Ronald Stein: What if we went back to a fossil-free society like the 1800’s?

[Another terrific piece here by Ronald Stein, Author and Consultant on Energy Literacy, and Frank Lassee, Energy Policy and Climate Expert]

What if we went back to a fossil-free society like the 1800’s?

The transformation to a fossil-fuel-free, all-electric economy would take the world back to living conditions in the 1800’s by ridding the world of crude oil, coal and natural gas usage and result in:

• The pre-1800’s, when the world had no fuels other than wood, dung, and crop waste, and used animals for transport.