Chapter 17 Revolution of Industrialization
The Industrial Revolution is an era where human response the endlessly renewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil , and natural gas replaced the endlessly renewable energy sources of wind , water, wood, and the muscle power of people and animals. This impact the environment the massive extraction of nonrenewable raw materials to feed and to fuel industrial machinery, coal, iron ore, petroleum,guano, and much more altered the landscape in many places. The British textile industry, which used 52 million pounds of cotton in 1800, consumed 588 million pounds in 1850. Britain's output of coal soared from 5.23 million tons in 1750 to 68.4 million tons a century later.