When the Industrial Revolution started, the amount of carbon sitting underneath Britain in the form of coal was as big as the amount of carbon sitting under Saudi Arabia in the form of oil, and this carbon powered the Industrial Revolution, it put the "Great" in Great Britain, and led to Britain's temporary world domination.
工业革命刚开始的时候 在不列颠地下以煤炭形式 和在沙特阿拉伯地下以石油形式 存在的能源资源是一样多的。 这些煤炭资源促进了工业革命 让英国成了一个工业强国 并在世界上取得了短暂的霸权地位