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title: The Most Important 2000 Years of Energy History– Video Featuring Leigh Goehring and Adam Rozencwajg
description: History can be seen through a lens of harnessing ever greater amounts of energy. What will the next chapter in the History of Energy hold? Leigh Goehring and Adam Rozencwajg share their thoughts in this video.
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# [The Most Important 2000 Years of Energy History– Video Featuring Leigh Goehring and Adam Rozencwajg](https://blog.gorozen.com/blog/the-most-important-2000-years-of-energy-history-featuring-leigh-goehring-and-adam-rozencwajg)

 Written by [Goehring & Rozencwajg Team](https://blog.gorozen.com/blog/author/goehring-rozencwajg-team) | November 4, 2021

Few people think of energy at all and even fewer think about its history. We are on the verge of a new chapter in the History of Energy and few people realize the implications. Learn more about:

- The one thing that increased real GDP growth 20-fold.
- Why the largest city was 1 mm people for 2000 years.
- Why renewables are a major step backwards.
- Why we might be on the verge of the most important energy revolution in 400 years.

 Click the image below to begin playing the video featuring Leigh Goehring and Adam Rozencwajg.

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