Seven Elements That Have Changed the World (37 page)

30.
Matters of state: visiting Patrick Manning, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 2007.

31.
Putting gas on the right track: LNG trains in Trinidad.

32.
Fracking a future of shale gas. In the midst of Lancashire’s countryside.

33.
Breaking Petroleum: the speech that broke ranks with Big Oil by addressing climate change, Stanford, 1997.

34.
Solar, solar on the wall. Al Gore inspected them all, California, 1998.

35.
‘Hasta la vista, climate change’: terminating discussions with Tony Blair and Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2006.

36.
A myth forever kept afloat: the riches of El Dorado illustrated by its golden raft (Museo del Oro in Bogotá, Colombia).

37.
A gold
poporo
(South American storage jar) from my own collection.

38.
Get gold! The Doge gives away gold on his inauguration. Brustolon’s engraving (
c
. 1768) from a drawing by Canaletto.

39.
Gold lasts! A Venetian ducat, the world’s longest-lasting gold coin.

40.
As rich as Croesus. Coinage of gold (and a phrase) inspired by a king.

41.
Greed for gold: conquistadors execute Inca Emperor Atahualpa (sixteenth century).

42.
A nugget that triggered a gold rush: Marshall’s original nugget.

43.
Found in California. Panned by Chinese workers. Gold rush,
c.
1855.