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Possible to detect an industrial civilization in g...
Before coal, England used coppicing (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing#United_Kingdom
) to quickly regrow the forests used for charcoal for steel smelting.
Your industrial output will be limited, but there's plenty of land and forests grow by themselves.
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Your industrial output will be limited, but there's plenty of land and forests grow by themselves.