ABSTRACT
In more recent times starting with the Industrial Revolution back in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries energy always meant power. The exponential growth in energy consumption had lasting implications, ranging from environmental pollution to power plays for control of energy sources as well as the search for new ones, as those already known and available are no longer sufficient or are becoming depleted. In 1950, the distribution of American energy sources had again greatly changed: oil accounted for nearly 38 per cent of total energy production, gas for 14 per cent and coal for 35 per cent, with the balance shared between nuclear, hydroelectric and wood. While many people blame the US and the EU for inventing a country like Kosovo and destabilizing the Balkans, nobody can blame Germany for seeking its way in energy supplies; and the same is true of Britain, France and other EU members.
