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Americans should not seek 'cheap oil'

...can no more drill our way to cheap gas prices than Ahab would have been able to harpoon the 19th century towards endless whale oil. Oil is finite. No drilling rig, no matter how "environmentally sound" can change that geological fact. The world's...
Right whales returning to Florida waters

...stripped off them. Whales have enormous amounts of fat and that was used for lamp oil, the major source of lighting. Whale oil was eventually replaced by kerosene, distilled from petroleum which was discovered in the late 19th century. By the...
Excavation of old lighthouse begins

...watchtower. Then, when Florida became part of the United States, the tower became a lighthouse, illuminated by 10 big whale oil lamps in front of a large mirror. Kathy Fleming, executive director of the St. Augustine Lighthouse Museum, said it...
World's oldest man, WWI veteran dies

...England on motorized kites made with wood, linen and wire. They piled on clothes and smeared their faces in Vaseline, whale oil or engine grease to try to block the cold. "To be honest, all the planes were so flimsy and unpredictable -- as well...
Endangered right whales back in southern waters

...floats. This made it easier for the whalers to pull the whales onto ships and to shore to boil the blubber for oil. Whale oil was used in lamps and for heat until the late 1800s.- From NOAA ** Boating restrictions and tips ? Boaters should report...
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