> To summarise: coal gave working-class people and their unions new and remarkable power. Because it is bulky and requires many men to move it around, coal was a catalyst for democracy and progress. Western elites turned to oil partly because they wanted to regain control over energy supplies. The oil companies developed a complex system for restricting supply to maximise profits.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/dec/29/carbon-democracy-political-power-in-the-age-of-oil-by-timothy-mitchell
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