This kind of suggests that if only there had been readily available coal in location X (a statement copied over in a majority of history websites) then the indu

This kind of suggests that if only there had been readily available coal in location X (a statement copied over in a majority of history websites) then the industrial revolution might have started in X. [ there was such availability in many locations other than Britain ] Innovation and imagination were likely prime drivers necessarily allied with the geographic features conducive to its advance. https://academic.oup.com/ej/article/131/635/1135/5955447 https://academic.oup.com/ej/article/131/635/1135/5955447