True or False: Oil Comes from Dinosaurs
How cool is the recent news of a dinosaur tail with intact feathers preserved inside a piece of amber? …
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The Consequences of Global Energy Poverty
"Access to energy is fundamental to improving quality of life and is a key imperative for economic development." Living…
Petroleum Product of the Week: Asphalt
It’s pretty common knowledge that there are a variety of petroleum products that go in your car (as well as…
Petrochemicals: Clearing the Name of Petroleum One Product at a Time
Planet Earth runs on Petrol It's no exaggeration to say that the world runs on petroleum—and no, I don’t just mean…
Black Oil: How THE X-FILES Made Petroleum Spooky
"Are you familiar with the so-called X-Files?" Sunday (January 24) marked the return of The X-Files, a science-fiction, horror, procedural…
How Much Warmer Would Earth Be If We Used Up All Our Fossil Fuels?
When the words "climate change" of "global warming" get brought up in the news or political debate, there is usually…