Think about it - no steam engine, no coal power, no industrial revolution, no greenhouse effect. No railroads in the 19th century? No railroad tycoons. No railroads in Nazi Germany? Much less efficient Holocaust.
Locomotive travel and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
I mean I'm not saying all tech is bad but it would be cool as hell if we'd just stuck to sails and animal husbandry. (sorry vegans).
OG wind power