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The ability to extract and refine crude oil.
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The "cures" meme
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Sep 6, 2016 17:14
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notZaar posted:The ability to extract and refine crude oil. You know this would just result in steam punk being real, right?
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Germstore posted:You know this would just result in steam punk being real, right? Steam punk is real. Where do you think electricity comes from? It's all steam baby.
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Sep 6, 2016 17:23
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There'd decades of automobiles that are basically small tank engines with tires. Adoption of electric cars would be pretty much instant as soon as it became an option I guess.
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Sep 6, 2016 17:27
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Dave Concepcion posted:we dont treat tb with penicillin poo poo!
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Germstore posted:There'd decades of automobiles that are basically small tank engines with tires. Adoption of electric cars would be pretty much instant as soon as it became an option I guess. There wouldn't be cars as we know them because we wouldn't have rubber tires.
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Sep 6, 2016 17:32
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notZaar posted:There wouldn't be cars as we know them because we wouldn't have rubber tires. oh poo poo.
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Sep 6, 2016 17:34
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Without crude oil we'd basically still be an industrial era society with expensive commodities and lovely lives.
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Sep 6, 2016 17:39
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Come back, zinc!
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Sep 6, 2016 17:43
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notZaar posted:Without crude oil we'd basically still be an industrial era society with expensive commodities and lovely lives. nah, we would embrace nuclear power and all the crappy commodity would be made out of cheap clay instead of plastic
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Sep 6, 2016 17:55
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Dave Concepcion posted:lena dunham This is a crime that must be undone.
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loving leafblowers need to have never been born
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Pearl Jam
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Micro transactions
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Sep 6, 2016 18:51
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Rutibex posted:nah, we would embrace nuclear power and all the crappy commodity would be made out of cheap clay instead of plastic How exactly would we discover nuclear power without plastic? Checkmate.
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notZaar posted:How exactly would we discover nuclear power without plastic? Checkmate. The same way we discovered it the first time. EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-1
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Tricky D posted:The same way we discovered it the first time. That event happened after the discovery of petroleum and the resultant change in society though...
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Sep 6, 2016 19:09
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Ah yes, I forgot how refining petrol was a crucial first step towards the technology of stacking blocks.
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heterotrophy
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Low flow shower heads.
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notZaar posted:The ability to extract and refine crude oil. Everything is made out of oil. And stuff made out of oil is really cheap. If it wasn't for oil, most of the everyday things you use and take for granted either wouldn't exist, or would be so expensive that you wouldn't be able to afford it.
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I'd uninvent social media in its entirety including forums like this one. Its nothing but a blight.
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The Dennis System posted:Everything is made out of oil. And stuff made out of oil is really cheap. If it wasn't for oil, most of the everyday things you use and take for granted either wouldn't exist, or would be so expensive that you wouldn't be able to afford it. Yes, that is correct and I agree wholeheartedly.
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notZaar posted:Yes, that is correct and I agree wholeheartedly. Whoops, I should have read the whole page before responding.
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Rutibex posted:nah, we would embrace nuclear power and all the crappy commodity would be made out of cheap clay instead of plastic Exactly, I hate when people act like there wasn't cheap shoddy fall-apart crap made in the "good old days" that stuff existed it just didn't survive
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Muscadine Wine posted:Exactly, I hate when people act like there wasn't cheap shoddy fall-apart crap made in the "good old days" that stuff existed it just didn't survive People didn't brush their teeth with a clay brush, don't be obtuse. Our modern consumerist culture and population boom can be directly attributed to cheap crude.
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Sep 6, 2016 21:20
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i wanted the first response to be 'anime' 
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Autotune
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Sep 6, 2016 21:35
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no, wait. japan
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Sep 6, 2016 21:35
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Cheap oil is awesome. Look at this radio from 1930:  "With built in Ariel Tuning system with ultra high fidelity and able to pick up stations from countries around the world and Police, Air, and shipping $188.00 " $188 in 1930 dollars is worth $2,585.27 2016 dollars.  https://www.amazon.com/Radio-Shack-PRO-650-Desktop-Scanner/dp/B00MW9IPLS/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1473193620&sr=8-6&keywords=police+band+radio Gets the same channels as the 1930 radio. Not the cheapest nor most expensive radio with those features. $159.95 Not having to make everything from metal or wood has made a lot of things cheap. Being poor is probably more fun than it was 80 years ago.
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Smythe posted:Low flow shower heads. I've un invented those in my house, there just a washer u take out
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