No, the blame goes much further back. Perhaps Thomas Newcomen, who developed the first practical steam engine. Up to that time, all power had been generated from renewable resources, wind, water or animal (including human) power. The invention also allowed exploitation of deeper coal seams, that would otherwise have quickly drowned.

Or perhaps his contemporary Abraham Darby, who developed iron smelting with coal- derived fuel.

Or perhaps the unknown colliers of the middle ages, who popularised the use of coal to replace the increasingly- scarce charcoal, thus causing Queen Eleanor's complaint about the smell of Nottingham.

But many thanks to Keiling. People do have this hopeful outlook, that their actions will have no consequences. The only remaining question being, how do we wean ourselves off this energy addiction?