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Rohit Chandra | @rohitreads.bsky.social Profile picture
Rohit Chandra | @rohitreads.bsky.social
@rohitreads
Energy, political economy and history. Indian capitalism through coal, power, finance & infra. Asst Prof at @IITDelhi. SF Fan. 6 months only.
Sep 30 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
Amidst all the celebratory coverage of the UK closing its last coal plant it's worth thinking about how coal dependence arose across the world in the first place /1 This map by the famous French cartographer and engineer Charles Minard (of Napoleon map fame), shows English coal EXPORTS to the rest of the world in 1864. /2 Image