News with Views··Friday, November 13, 2026, 8:17 PM
A World Without Hydrocarbons is a Past we Escaped
Yet the world of 1800 was not hydrocarbon-free because hydrocarbons were unknown. People had known and used them for thousands of years. In ancient Mesopotamia, bitumen seeping from the ground was used as mortar and waterproofing; the Greek historian Herodotus described its use in the walls of Babylon.
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