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> Although coal is very useful for production of steel, it is not essential as wood can be used instead. Wasn't the production of charcoal in Europe during the
by rimunroe 7mo ago
> Although coal is very useful for production of steel, it is not essential as wood can be used instead.
Wasn't the production of charcoal in Europe during the middle ages the cause of rather massive deforestation?
- stvltvs 7mo agoI don't know about Europe, but mining deforested most of Nevada's pinyon-juniper woodlands to produce charcoal during the 1800s.