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‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

The Audio Long Read

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How Whale Oil Fueled and Then Lost Its Dominance

Narrator recounts whale oil's rise as fuel and how technological shifts like kerosene and electricity displaced it, reducing demand for whaling.

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