IF WE ARE reaching the Peak Oil phase of the Age of Oil, perhaps it is useful to return to its origins to understand how it all began. So in a recent article in Whiskey & Gunpowder, I discussed Col. Edwin Drake and his role in ushering onto the world stage the Age of Oil. After examining some aspects of Col. Drake’s efforts to put down an oil well at Titusville, Pa., in 1859, I asked why do some things happen the way that they do? What is it that makes history? In particular, what is it that brought mankind into the Age of Oil?
Sunday, August 20, 2006
John D. Rockefeller and the Age of Oil
by Brywon W. King
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