I don't have enough expertise to have a strong opinion either way, but I know that Anton Howes thinks coal exploitation led to increased deforestation, not the

I don't have enough expertise to have a strong opinion either way, but I know that Anton Howes thinks coal exploitation led to increased deforestation, not the other way around: > It’s also wrong to say that Britain exploited coal and invented the steam engine because of deforestation. The evidence is overwhelmingly in favour of greater coal use being demand-led (eg from London growth) and cause of deforestation (will write more on this soon) https://twitter.com/antonhowes/status/1542488372966465543 https://twitter.com/antonhowes/status/1542488372966465543