The History of Oil

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:22 am

[url=http://smashingtelly.com/2007/01/16/robert-newman-the-history-of-oil/]Part stand up comedy, part lecture. A fascinating and entertaining look at the history of oil. Did you know, for example, that the first troops deployed in the First World War were to Iraq.

Running time: 46 mins.[/url]

Very entertaining - and educational - look at the last century and the wars that have been "popularized" regarding oil resources.

Post by **seremtan** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:57 am

old, and rob newman's luddite sensibilities suck dick, but entertaining all the same

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:03 pm

Well...new to me.

And I don't see any luddite sensibilities. It seems he's talking about the problem of lying government and business interests towards oil....not putting us back in the stone age.

Post by **seremtan** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:06 pm

he blathers on about technology not being the answer to environmental problems at one point

Post by **4days** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:40 pm

seremtan wrote:old, and rob newman's luddite sensibilities suck dick, but entertaining all the same

aye. he's a very nice bloke. bit too brighton for my liking but a very nice bloke.

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:38 pm

someone posted this here a year ago or so. it's hilarious and worth re-watching.

Post by **4days** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:46 pm

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:someone posted this here a year ago or so. it's hilarious and worth re-watching.

julios and then again with a more appropriate title, feedback.

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:20 pm

I feel so out of the internet loop.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:35 pm

seremtan wrote:he blathers on about technology not being the answer to environmental problems at one point

been a while since i watched it, but wasn't he all on about solar technology being important?