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Oil company advertisement in Life magazine, February 2, 1962: EACH DAY HUMBLE SUPPLIES ENOUGH ENERGY TO MELT 7 MILLION TONS OF GLACIER! This giant glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet, the petroleum energy Humble supplies—if converted into heat—could melt it at the rate of 80 tons each second! To meet the nation’s growing needs for energy, Humble has applied science to nature’s resources to become America’s Leading Energy Company.

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Oil company advertisement in Life magazine, February 2, 1962: EACH DAY HUMBLE SUPPLIES ENOUGH ENERGY TO MELT 7 MILLION TONS OF GLACIER! This giant glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet, the petroleum energy Humble supplies—if converted into heat—could melt it at the rate of 80 tons each second! To meet the nation’s growing needs for energy, Humble has applied science to nature’s resources to become America’s Leading Energy Company.
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Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him) (ovid@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 22-Aug-2024 23:51:00 JST Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)

Some ads just don't age well.
Humble Oil became Standard Oil became Exxon became ExxonMobile became monsters.
#climate #ClimateChange

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