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How will oil towns survive move to greener world?

From BBC • May 23, 2022

“Now the big debate is will oil peak in the 2020s or the 2030s or the 2050s?”

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2020

So, too, will oil companies, and perhaps also ceiling-fan manufacturers, though, in the case of the appliance standards, the affected manufacturers were at the table when the proposed regulations were drafted.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 12, 2017

Commercial and recreational fishing will be completely banned, as will oil, gas and mineral prospecting, exploration and mining.

From The Guardian • Sep. 28, 2015

A cloth saturated with kerosene and placed in the bottom of a clock will oil the clockworks above it.

From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)