‘The oil that saved your ungrateful life’: Worldwide death rate from floods has fallen by 99.6% since 1930s’ — ‘And why? Because of fossil fuels’
'Droughts were the real weather killers, but thanks to green revolution in 1970s, people are far less likely to starve amid droughts. That revolution depended on fertilizers made from oil, writes Goklany, and irrigation, largely driven by fossil-fueled pumps, overcomes drought'
