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Originally Posted by GGG
What happens when whale oil implodes because we moved to non whale alternatives ... oh wait
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I ignore whale oil since it was never a significant source of energy compare to wood during the same time period. I was primarily looking at the major resources that humanity consumed today and historically.
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/7/12/7955/htm
My post was based on an article that stated "Despite renewables growth, there has never been an energy transition"
https://www.axios.com/despite-renewa...bce483473.html
When coal surpassed wood/biomass as the #1 primary energy source, the world still burnt wood/biomass. When oil replaced coal for transportation, coal was used for electricity (and steel). When natural gas became plentiful, people just used it in addition to coal and oil. Just because an alternative arises doesn't mean it will completely replace the original resource.
