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I am a climate scientist and geologist and think that climate, geology, and geography are incredibly interesting fields that people deserve to know more about. If you have any questions that you’ve sat with for a while, are just curious, want to know more about future or past scenarios, or even have worldbuilding questions, feel free to ask!
More of a sociology question than geology, but how come major urban centers in 19th century Britain tended to be so close to major coal reserves (or literally on top of) but far from major rivers? Why didn't the rise of watermills push populations closer to rivers to better make use of water power?
Read fossil capital by Andreas Malm. It discusses exactly this
Oh I am reading it, I asked the question to get a different perspective and maybe some more general knowledge.
That makes sense, was a question exactly suited to the book haha!