For millennia societies have relied on animals, and sometimes other humans, to provide energy for transportation, agriculture, and manufacturing — and burned wood for heat-energy.
In the last 150 years humans have used exponentially increasing amounts of energy, mostly from fossil-fuels, creating severe pollution of many kinds.
Reducing energy consumption and waste, and transitioning to ethical and sustainable energy sources in necessary.
Renewable energy from the sun and earth's systems is plentiful, and technology for collecting it is increasingly available and affordable, but reducing energy use and waste is also essential.
Humans main uses of energy Include: Transportation Manufacturing
Heating and cooling of buildings
Lighting
Cooking