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Awash in fossil fuels
...For many years, most oil was used for lighting and lubrication, and the amounts extracted were modest. Then in 1901, a new well named for an East Texas hillock, Spindletop, began gushing more per day than all other U.S. wells combined. Since then, America has exhausted its hydrocarbon supplies. Repeatedly. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-23 |
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