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Large areas were also deforested to provide the charcoal. Roughly 100kg wood to produce 1kg iron. The Ruhr valley area was denuded already in Roman times due t
by jabl 6y ago
Large areas were also deforested to provide the charcoal. Roughly 100kg wood to produce 1kg iron.
The Ruhr valley area was denuded already in Roman times due to this.
- SuoDuanDao 6y agoYup. It's pretty interesting the places that managed their woodlands responsibly over a long time - Japan and England both had pretty sophisticated approaches to not running out of this resource over the long term.
- mdiesel 6y agoStill in the UK, the moorlands you generally see were once woodlands - apparently that's why they have the distinctive terrain you now see. That's not in the era of written history mind and was for farming rather than iron. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor#Pre-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmoor#Pre-history