Can we hope for new technology to deliver a solution for climate change? " Actually, petroleum increased the demand for whale oil: top-of-the-range lubricants for gearboxes and machine tools used to contain whale oil."
No, Kerosene did NOT save the Sperm Whale
https://edconway.substack.com/p/no-kerosene-did-not-save-the-sperm
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fake_meows@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
Top comment below the article: " In a further twist to the tale, that Jojoba (and I think, palm oil) that replaced the whale oil turns out to be grown in deforested tropical rainforest. So, in saving the whales we threaten the rainforest. There really is no panacea - if we want lots of stuff the environment pays the cost one way or another. "