Discussion Topic With the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, machines became the main source of
power for manufacturing and transportation. These machines were mostly dependent
on fossil fuels-oil and coal. The world's economy shifted from an agrarian-based
economy to an oil-based economy. Today many people believe the world needs to shift
again from an oil-based economy to a clean-energy economy. Just as the move from
an agrarian-based economy to an oil-based economy created a destabilizing effect on
the poor and working class, how might the shift to a clean-energy economy affect
today's poor and working class? How will the shift affect less-developed nations in
comparison to more-developed nations?