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The main user of electricity is industry.

Before industry used electricity, they used power transmission in the form of spinning leather belts, high pressure steam, or direct use of coal / coalgas flame.

Millions of Westerners were killed or maimed in the 1800s. China is only phasing out coal-fired boilers since 1990s.

Sue your highschool, for failure to educate.
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The Beave 2y ago

Have you ever heard a belt powered factory, though? Gosh, it's quieter than you'd expect and there's a wonderful cadence to things. It's so soothing...

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Low Information Voter 2y ago

I've been inside one! Amazingly simple yet ingenious tech. Scary are f--- with all those belts, but pretty quiet. Was making repro wagons and wagon wheels.

I'm sure many factories of that era were less quiet, though! Metal stamping and forging etc

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The Beave 2y ago

Oh, sure, but you don't have the blast of pneumatics or the whinr of motors. Even if power hammers are quiet aside from the striking, of course.

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Low Information Voter 2y ago

I believe you!

Output per worker, per death, per megajoule, per tonne of CO2 and per unit area skyrocketed with the introduction of electricity, to return to the original topic.

Government (and monopolist) actions to delay this led to so many needless deaths... :(