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That is an extremely stupid comparison. They used whale oil for reading at night. Crude oil is a critical ingredient of modern industrial civilization. And t
by kingkongrevenge 18y ago
That is an extremely stupid comparison. They used whale oil for reading at night. Crude oil is a critical ingredient of modern industrial civilization.
And the implicit assumption that superior substitutes always emerge is also childish. Just because they figured out kerosene says absolutely nothing about our relationship to crude oil.
- josefresco 18y agoThe argument that humans will "always find another/better way" has more to do with faith in humanity than it does about any commodity and it's successor.
- kingkongrevenge 18y agoWell that reads nice on a hallmark card, but back here in reality societies have fallen into decline, crisis, and famine many, many times because of resource shortages.