Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The Industrial Revolution depended on access to coal. And even though we have lots of other ways of making electricity today, it doesn’t seem like you could make a photovoltaic panel or other modern power sources unless you already had industrial technology. — PolitiTweet.org

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Suppose industrial civilization completely collapsed in the wake of some catastrophe that didn’t quite wipe out all of humanity. Could we rebuild? Could the Industrial Revolution happen again? Well if it happened once it stands to reason it could happen again. But… — PolitiTweet.org

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Even a lot of the coal we mine these days wouldn’t be accessible to a pre-industrial civilization. You need to walk before you run, and to walk you need some coal that’s close to the surface — it’s an independent non-climate reason to “leave it in the ground.” — PolitiTweet.org

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