Editing Petroleum (section)

=== Whales ===
[[File:Natural whale oil bottle.jpg|thumb|A bottle of unrefined [[whale oil]]]]
James S. Robbins has argued that the advent of petroleum-refined kerosene saved some species of great whales from [[extinction]] by providing an inexpensive substitute for [[whale oil]], thus eliminating the economic imperative for open-boat [[whaling]],<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120315153109/http://newscotland1398.ca/99/gesner-whales.html How Capitalism Saved the Whales]}} by James S. Robbins, ''The Freeman'', August 1992.</ref> but others say that fossil fuels increased whaling with most whales being killed in the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=York |first=Richard |date=January 1, 2017 |title=Why Petroleum Did Not Save the Whales |journal=Socius |language=en |volume=3 |page=2378023117739217 |doi=10.1177/2378023117739217 |issn=2378-0231 |s2cid=115153877 |quote=Ironically, even though fossil fuels provided substitutes for the main uses of whale oil, the rise of fossil fuel use in the nineteenth century served to increase the intensity of whaling. |doi-access=free}}</ref>