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SUGAR LAND--January 31, 2022--Written by Paul Wiseman for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Before the rise of the oil and gas industry, homes were heated by coal or wood, and they were lit by whale oil, lard oil, coal oil, etc. To the great benefit of whales, by the mid-1870s, most of these options were being replaced by petroleum-based kerosene.
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