Until fossil fuels arrived, wood from forests determined the wealth and power of nations. Trees were the energy source that industry used to make iron, glass, brick, and ceramics; the fuel to heat and cook with, and also the material for homes, barns, furniture, tools, fences, barrels, wagons, and hundreds of other products.
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Friedemann, A. J. (2016). Shipping Makes the World Go Round (pp. 5–10). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26375-5_2
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