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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2698109" data-attributes="member: 19675">That was Peter Woodward in his excellent, though short lived, History Channel show, Conquest.Why axes?While many/most dwarves would be using hammers and picks to mine and shape metals and minerals, somebody had venture outside the mountains &amp; cave systems to cut down trees to use as fuel and building material.&nbsp; Yes, coal is good, but it is hard to produce by manual labor, and trees are plentiful...By mining, you're also weakening the ore and surrounding rock- you need those supports.Petroleum, Oil Shales and Natural gas were relatively recent discoveries.&nbsp; Granted, dwarves spend a LOT more time under the earth than any human, but even for them, discovering, producing, refining and using such fuels require a lot of technology.&nbsp; Coal is a bit easier, but it still is a more labor intensive fuel source to recover than wood, and Dwarves are notoriously few in numbers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 2698109, member: 19675"] That was Peter Woodward in his excellent, though short lived, History Channel show, Conquest. Why axes? While many/most dwarves would be using hammers and picks to mine and shape metals and minerals, somebody had venture outside the mountains & cave systems to cut down trees to use as fuel and building material. Yes, coal is good, but it is hard to produce by manual labor, and trees are plentiful... By mining, you're also weakening the ore and surrounding rock- you need those supports. Petroleum, Oil Shales and Natural gas were relatively recent discoveries. Granted, dwarves spend a LOT more time under the earth than any human, but even for them, discovering, producing, refining and using such fuels require a lot of technology. Coal is a bit easier, but it still is a more labor intensive fuel source to recover than wood, and Dwarves are notoriously few in numbers. [/QUOTE]

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