Energy
Petroleum
Petroleum noun - A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
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- Arbusto Energy, a petroleum and energy company formed in Midland, Texas, in 1979, for former US President George W. Bush.
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Used up through the industrial revolution and WWI, until scientists and industrialists figured out that it was cheaper and more energy-efficient to use petroleum instead.
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Beyond its primary role as an energy resource (which has plenty of substitutes), the waste product of petroleum processing is *sulphur* - heavily used in industry, agriculture and medicine.
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