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Why did we start burning fossil fuels?

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Re: Why did we start burning fossil fuels?

Unread postby dolanbaker » Mon 10 Nov 2014, 17:44:23

Britain switched to coal much earlier than that as it was deforested by the start of the 17th century, the King ordered that oak be planted for future shipbuilding and outlawed cutting it down for firewood.
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