If Indiana Jones was real, he’d be a woman. More specifically, he’d be this woman: Aloha Wanderwell. Aloha was quite unlike anyone else of her time. An explorer, vaudevillian, filmmaker, wife, and mother, she...
Even if you’ve never so much as looked at a horse in your entire life, you’ve probably heard the term horsepower plenty of times. Whether it’s a car commercial or your friend talking about his fancy new...
In a world of social media and advertising, looks are everything—and I’m not just talking about people here. The way our food looks is super important. If it doesn’t appear fresh, we’re probably not...
Looking for some fun facts, interesting histories, or incredible stories? Humans and human stories are fascinating. Join us as we explore mankind’s earliest relationships with petroleum, industry, technology, and everything in-between.
As of Friday, October 28, police have arrested at least 141 people protesting on private land regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline. According to the sheriff’s department, protesters were arrested on various...
Here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, coal takes on a new meaning. For us, it’s not just a seemingly antiquated energy resource facing the end of its centuries-long run – no, for us, it remains an integral part of NEPA...
Gas and oil company memorabilia is a favorite category of collectibles. So much so that it even has its own term—petroliana refers to related to gas stations and the petroleum industry. Petroliana focuses on...
“…the state of our infrastructure is a national emergency. We have bridges that are right now too dangerous to drive on … We have roads that are so riddled and pitted and … We have airports that are stuck in the...
Little over a week ago, most American eyes and ears were busy scrutinizing the back-and-forth exchange of generalities and unused campaign slogans between the country’s foremost presidential hopefuls. Amid the low...
“Every work of art creates its own universe. And whoever speaks of a universe speaks of a whole built up on a space-time net-work.” -Etienne Souriau The development of plastics from the mid-19th century to the present...
Once upon a time we wrote about the whale oil myth—the mythical notion that due to the free market/exchange, the discovery of petroleum directly saved the whales! This rather romantic notion simply isn’t true; not as an...
The field of study is known as nanorobotics. Science-fiction authors have long theorized the potential of these types of machines – i.e. microscopic yet incredibly complex – in terms of their application in modern...
Laissez les bon temp rouler! Let the good times roll at this year’s Shrimp & Petroleum Festival. Every Labor Day weekend for the past 80 years, the community of Morgan City, Louisiana, have been hosting this...
As a nation, we’ve all grown way too accustomed to the presence of the wheel. Still, it makes sense; for us, wheels are just ordinary – and while many may erroneously believe that it took the above-average craftiness of...
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