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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
petroleum is the proper term for what is underground. "Oil"
is a euphemism created back in the day when people were almost as ignorant as they are now.
Petroleum is natural, it is a combination of organic and inorganic materials, created over the course of millions and millions of years, in places where massive swamp-like forests existed. All their collective putrefaction, over time, creates things like peat bogs, tar pits, and petroleum deposits.
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thats what i understood to be "oil" given that we drill for "oil".
It doesnt seem the euphemism has worked very well.
I remember reading No Logo when i was 16 and thinking how awful Shell was, but now you never, ever, see any ads on TV for Shell or BP or Esso or Texaco. They dont even have to bother promoting themselves anymore. They know people hate them, and that theyre trapped whether they like ir or not (he says as he turns the heating on)