Awesome time line graphic from Good Magazine, with key dates in the history of our use of oil and petrol, going back to 10,000 BC.
Brings to mind, for some reason, Daniel Plainview’s (Daniel Day-Lewis) line from There Will Be Blood:
“Drainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry. I’m so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, [...]
A short history of Oil
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 17 July, 2008 to the comment subset
