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Thank you for that perspective, I didn't realize steampower was that dramatic, but you framed it well.
Steam power is insane outside of boating. Before all the work in your society must come from potential energy stored in food. After steam you could get free work out of rocks.
i hate to be a pedant but wind and water were also good power sources prior to steam
True but they couldn't scale on-demand as steam can. Still can't, but energy storage is the solution now.