Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down17
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoAnd then the drive towards petroleum started. We traded one terrible earth destroying thing for another.
And then the drive towards petroleum started. We traded one terrible earth destroying thing for another.