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Keep in mind that the start of the industrial revolution predates the mass adoption of the steam engine, and charcoal (a renewable resource) based steel mills e
by bcrosby95 2y ago
Keep in mind that the start of the industrial revolution predates the mass adoption of the steam engine, and charcoal (a renewable resource) based steel mills existed into the 20th century.
I can imagine a world where electricity and batteries were developed before the mass exploitation of fossil fuels as, afaik, there's no specific technological requirement on one for the other to exist.
- lupusreal 2y ago> Keep in mind that the start of the industrial revolution predates the mass adoption of the steam engine Well of course the start of it predated the mass adoption of steam engines, but as I understand it the start is generally considered to be when steam engines were first put to use pumping water out of coal mines, that water then being used to flood canals to transport the coal. That synergy was incredibly powerful, making cheap coal available in cities which allowed urban populations to rapidly grow, providing a workforce for the factories which would eventually (not initially) also be coal powered. That's the industrial revolution as I learned it.