University of Illinois Professor Describes How Whaling Shaped U.S. Culture Even After Petroleum Replaced It
August 15, 2023
August 15, 2023
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Aug. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Illinois System Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news release on Aug. 14, 2023:
The whaling industry helped drive industrialization in the 19th century, with whale oil used to light lamps and lubricate machinery. Even after petroleum replaced whale oil as an energy source in the U.S., whaling continued to be part of our cultural imagination and helped develop the idea of an energy industry, said University of Ill . . .
The whaling industry helped drive industrialization in the 19th century, with whale oil used to light lamps and lubricate machinery. Even after petroleum replaced whale oil as an energy source in the U.S., whaling continued to be part of our cultural imagination and helped develop the idea of an energy industry, said University of Ill . . .