What if the first oil wells had gone differently?

Drilled petroleum turns a curiosity into the cheapest dense energy ever tapped.

If it had gone differently: The world runs on coal and whale oil; there is no cheap liquid fuel waiting for the engine that needs it.

1. 1870The first globalisation, The world economy stays a patchwork of regions; no belle-époque boom, and no 1914 shock when it unwinds.
2. 1876The internal combustion engine, Transport stays horse-drawn or rail-bound; there is no car, no truck, no aircraft engine, no 20th-century sprawl.
3. 1913The moving assembly line, Cars, appliances and machines stay hand-built and expensive; there is no mass consumer economy.