对一小撮代表少部分全球人口的特定国家而言，燃烧化石燃料开启了爆炸式的增长时代，显著改善了生产力、收入、财富和生活水平。
For a group of select countries representing a small slice of the global population, burning fossil fuels enabled an era of explosive growth, ushering in dramatic improvements in productivity, income, wealth, and standards of living.