Hint: You can prevent https://lifeline4gaza.com/ <- this from happening, or solve the unsolveable historical mysteries that haunt us all.
Premise: the continuum is bullshit and can do whatever idk, viewing only or with alterations, depending on what makes sense to you. It's not a contest to do the most (well okay it is but that could limit our inquiry), just whatever occurs to you first.
That could work too. Superstitions and religions were in at the time, so I think there’s plenty to exploit.
You could call coal the Devil’s rock, and spread rumors about it being cursed and haunted. You cal talk about the smoke causing vice, moral decay and sin. Oil could be seen as the blood of the Earth, tears from ancient curses, bad omens etc. Only rebellious sorcerers and heretics would dare to tamper with the natural order of things by burning oil. As the un-godly un-natural smoke poisons the air, it poisons the soul etc. God gave you the sun and wind, so using them is the only righteous choice… You get the idea. The 1800s was a magical period of time.