As the arrival of winter to the Northern hemisphere sends temperatures down to sub zero levels, many a home is heated thanks to the power of coal and wood. Just like countless generations before them, people in the cold, northern regions know that coal and wood make the difference between survival or succumbing to the merciless climate.
These two commodities also powered the steam engines which heralded a new age of technological progress and prosperity for all of humanity. It is thanks to these wonderful machines, and the men who built, operated and maintained them, that the world could rise from the darkness and into the light of modernity.
Lest we forget.
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