Anton Howes
Historian of innovation, writing the newsletter Age of Invention on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution and on how inventions actually came about.
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Believed beforeby their own account
Their words, looking backAs I set out last time, the usual story — that this was caused by deforestation, making firewood so scarce that people resorted to burning an inferior but cheaper fuel — simply does not stack up.
Nowsaid
Our readingNo longer believes this.
Their wordsI had long believed this narrative, and have even helped spread it.