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[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

YOU DON'T GET IT, IT'S NOT WORTH THE SHORT TERM GAINS, PUT IT BACK IN THE GROUND

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

But the economy.... /s

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

at least we slowed down killing whales

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly, this was barely in time to save whales.

But now they’re dying because of oil. Again. Just a different form.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Side question, what reference is the gif from?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Interstellar, I believe.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I’m going to play the devil advocate here and say this is actually rather impressive. Look at all of those towers which I imagine are steel, something up and coming for the era. And the new methods of drilling being implemented. This was cutting edge stuff in 1859. Dawn of an era. Birth of several blue collar trades. Just like we have “forefronts of innovation” today that one day we’ll look back at and cringe. This was exciting stuff in its time. Pinnacle of human progress.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I actually agree. It's very neat. Unfortunate what consequences it had.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Why were they drilling for oil before we had ICE engines? I can't think of any Civil War era machines that ran but coal and steam.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Illumination, heating, and lubrication, I believe. Alternative to whale oil and the like.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ah! Morality aside, makes more economic sense than chasing giant mammals in the ocean.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

A guess: lamps.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like a lovely place. /s

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