http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "how did we become so addicted to oil in little more than one human lifetime?" en Sun, 31 May 2026 22:28:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15567#post-201340 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 10:38:59 +0000 chdot 201340@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Quite interesting programme. </p> <p>According to the way it was told, oil was 'just' for lighting - because whales were running out </p> <p>Electricity nearly killed oil industry. Cars saved it. </p> <p>Churchill had a lot to do with oil companies' 'influence' in Middle East. </p> <p>Suez Canal checked Rockefeller's 'world domination' (success based on dubious monopolistic practices in US). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15567#post-201337 Thu, 08 Oct 2015 10:29:09 +0000 Charlethepar 201337@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd say its less of an addiction to oil, and more of a pattern of behaviour. Humanity arrives on a continent, eats all the tasty big animals, cuts down most of the trees, then starts on the hydrocarbons. All that changes down the centuries is that we are getting quicker at exploiting stuff, and there are far, far more of us doing it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15567#post-201302 Wed, 07 Oct 2015 20:03:55 +0000 chdot 201302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gzf9k" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gzf9k</a></p> <p>BBC4 9:00 </p>