Even if you have a planet that does not have large deposits of oil and natural gas you will have steam based Industrial Age once you get to that point you can u

Even if you have a planet that does not have large deposits of oil and natural gas you will have steam based Industrial Age once you get to that point you can use gasification to create what is essentially fossil fuel. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasification https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasification Gasification can be used with any organic mater, wood and hay are pretty common materials. It might be slower but it would still get you there.