So, much is made of the fact that our industrial revolution depended on the convenient energy stores available in fossil fuels. Further, when talking about fossil fuels for the early industrial revolution, people seem to pretty much exclusively talk about coal. But what about oil and gas? They are plentiful, often easily available and energy dense. If the industrial revolution started in the Middle East or Venezuela or Texas (to pick some random examples) could it make the jump to the local fossil fuels? Or is there something inherently less suitable about oil and gas for that stage of industrial evolution?
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