( I’m not sure I got the right flair for this please correct me if it’s wrong )
This question is more focused on Modern history (which might be pretty broad depending on your definition so let’s just say 19th/20th century
Another question that I kinda wanna ask is similar to this one that being what is the first use of oil as a vehicle fuel
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Well, humans have known for a long time that oil burns.
When we started messing around with engines (steam engine, combustion engine, etc) we needed fuels to burn to create enough heat to make the engines work. For steam engines, it would be coal — like a steam train. Eventually after a lot of experimenting and innovation, we discovered that we could refine oil in a way to use it to run internal combustion engines. Over time, our refining/processing got better and the engines got more efficient as we continued designing them.
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