nous@programming.dev 2 months ago
I don’t think it was burning coal that started the industrial revolution. We had been burning coal and oil for far longer. If anything it was the steam engine. And the internal combustion engine was still part of the industrial revolution. Though the development of cars lead to the automotive era.
ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah coal has been used for millenia. Humans have been burning coal/charcoal for metalworking for millenia. Like even in the wooded age we still use coal/charcoal.