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• drewm1980 11y ago
  At the time we got hooked on oil, there were places you could drill a hole in the ground, and oil would shoot out in a huge geyser. Oil ~was abundant; we just squandered it all on inefficient industrial processes, disposable consumer goods, and transporting around big four wheeled metal boxes containing just a single (relatively light) human.
  • ethbro 11y ago
    Of course. That's why we used it. (Also, it being technically infeasible to create advanced modern batteries with 19th century technology!) But there's a big difference between "oil" abundant and "sodium" abundant.