25 Mar
2012
25 Mar
'12
9:18 p.m.
ben wrote:
Well whale-oil was a good thing,
That's true, but well whale oil isn't nearly as good as deep sea whale
oil. In all but the largest wells, the whales' growth is too limited,
and that results in the oil being too thin. In the larger whales, the
oil produced is significantly more viscous.
Of course, nowadays well whales are very nearly extinct, so well whale
oil is pretty hard to get. Most people whose wells have whales keep
that fact secret to avoid attention from poachers.