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.

  • thisismyrealname [he/him]
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    10 months ago

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

    • captcha [any]
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      10 months ago

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