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Did the Oil Industry Save the Whales? Debunking the Whale Oil Myth

Did the Oil Industry Save the Whales? Debunking the Whale Oil Myth

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Did you know that some people believe that the switch to petroleum saved the whales? On this week's episode, Lucia and Tyler discuss the Whale Oil myth, the history of whaling, and how understanding the shift away from using whale oil can give us hope a renewable energy future. Lucia also does a live reading of an XXX rated passage about whalers from Herman Melville's Moby Dick.

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