Reason and Religion at the End of the Industrial Age with John Michael Greer
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Oil Is a Natural Energy Source
Human nature is that we tend to overestimate our own intelligence by a phenomenal degree. People started digging, getting access to crude oil a long time ago. The whole idea was you could get the stuff and make a cheap substitute for whale oil for your lamps. And it made enough money that people kept doing it.
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