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		MH15 on June 28, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why hasn't Middle Earth had an Industrial Revoluti... A point made in the article is that industrialization was limited due to lack of coal but don't the dwarves use coal to run their forges?

loeg on June 28, 2022 [–]

This is like 25% in the article:

> First, Middle Earth actually has coal! Something I was kinda surprised to discover. As mentioned in the quote introing this section, the Dwarves are explicitly described as mining coal in The Hobbit.

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