The inertia generated by the long life of energy infrastructures (more than a century for buildings, around half a century for thermoelectric power plants) is at the origin of long forecasts, often in the form of scenarios. But how can we look far ahead if we do not know anything about the long developments of the past. Historical knowledge, both national and global, helps to better understand the possible speed of desired future changes.
The Indian coal industry is largely ignored in many writings on the economy and even on energy in this country[1]. Yet it was the first, and for a long time the only, energy industry in a country condemned to using traditional energy sources: firewood, dried animal dung and animal muscle
MARTIN-AMOUROUX Jean-Marie- Niveau de lecture