Minor quibble to a great thought piece. Whale oil. My understanding of history is that “coal oil” replaced whale oil. Then electrification in the late 1800’s,got,rid of the need for kerosene.
You add correct when it comes to lighting and heating! But whale oil was used as a mechanical lubricant well into the 19th century and was eventually supplanted. Great point though thanks for reading!
Great piece. It will be interesting to see if many companies adopt ai driven inventory controls; if this will artificially manipulate prices. This would be similar to how wall streets computer algorithms manipulate stock and commodity prices.
Minor quibble to a great thought piece. Whale oil. My understanding of history is that “coal oil” replaced whale oil. Then electrification in the late 1800’s,got,rid of the need for kerosene.
You add correct when it comes to lighting and heating! But whale oil was used as a mechanical lubricant well into the 19th century and was eventually supplanted. Great point though thanks for reading!
Didn’t think of lubrication. Great point made. Actually two points. Lubrication…and don’t be so damn quick to think you “know it all”. My bad. ;-)
I'm with you though! You brought up a great point. Thanks again for reading and engaging with the content
Great piece. It will be interesting to see if many companies adopt ai driven inventory controls; if this will artificially manipulate prices. This would be similar to how wall streets computer algorithms manipulate stock and commodity prices.