[OC] Gobal CO2 emission per income group 1750-2021Submitted by albymana t3_10ku8gq in dataisbeautiful
raff7 t1_j5xur1z wrote
Reply to comment by PurpleCounter1358 in [OC] Gobal CO2 emission per income group 1750-2021 by albymana
While coal for heating was used for thousands of years, and was not necessarily exclusive to very wealthy people, the cosa usage by rich people started really to take off during the Industrial Revolution, around the mid 19th century..
PurpleCounter1358 t1_j5z7r43 wrote
Ya, apparently people have burned coal for longer than I realized, but the industrial revolution was when fossil fuel usage took off.
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