Why have fossil fuels become the dominant energy source for the modern world?

Human beings have always relied on energy to grow their food, heat their houses, and to manufacture, power and maintain increasingly sophisticated machinery. It is almost impossible to imagine our lives without it. At the same time, people nowadays often find themselves in centre of great debates about the role of fossil fuels in our life. Fossil fuels transferred from being something that people almost admired to something that scares us. Increase in the utilization of fossil fuels starts from the Industrial revolution, now reaching its critical point.