Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1221
arrow-up1221external-linkTIL that whales were saved from massacre when kerosene appeared (1860s) because, until then, whale oil was widely used as illumination fuel.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoBiodiesel was gonna be the next big thing before EVs started gaining traction. Arnold drove around a Hummer that was modified to run on vegetable oil while he was governor.
Biodiesel was gonna be the next big thing before EVs started gaining traction. Arnold drove around a Hummer that was modified to run on vegetable oil while he was governor.