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Petroleum
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So this is what commodity corn can do to a cow: industrialize the miracle of nature that is a ruminant, taking this sunlight- and prairie grass-powered organism and turning it into the last thing we need: another fossil fuel machine. This one, however, is able to suffer.
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― The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
― The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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The Saudis considered the petroleum under their soil a gift from God, but accessing its value laid within man’s capacity.
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― Saudi, Inc.
― Saudi, Inc.
