The Industrial Revolution started in the 18th century and took only three centuries to etch an indelible human signature on a 4.5 billion-year-old planet and its systems.
Today, with climate change outpacing society's ability to curb its mass energy addiction, two other revolutions are upon us - Industrial Revolution 4.0 and the Sustainability Revolution.
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