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I've recently read"The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World" and want to hear what all of you think the answer is, because I feel like the book was missing something in its thesis and I am not very sure what that is.

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[–] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Thank you for that perspective, I didn't realize steampower was that dramatic, but you framed it well.

[–] captcha@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Steam power is insane outside of boating. Before all the work in your society must come from potential energy stored in food. After steam you could get free work out of rocks.

[–] thisismyrealname@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i hate to be a pedant but wind and water were also good power sources prior to steam

[–] captcha@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

True but they couldn't scale on-demand as steam can. Still can't, but energy storage is the solution now.

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