{"id":18708,"date":"2024-08-22T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/?p=18708"},"modified":"2025-11-02T14:50:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T05:50:38","slug":"energy-tidbits-how-kerosene-that-once-illuminated-the-night-now-powers-giant-airplanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askinno.com\/global\/archives\/18708","title":{"rendered":"[Energy Tidbits] How kerosene that once illuminated the night now powers giant airplanes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Energy Tidbits<\/strong> is a series to flavor your knowledge of energy industry with tasty tidbits.
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Since the discovery of fire, humankind has been able to overcome darkness. In the early days, fires were ignited by lightning strikes or volcanic activity. Later, people used animal fats to fuel stone lamps, and eventually turned to plant-based oils like.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ancient Greek and Roman oil lamps (Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><\/span>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On November 20, 1820, the American whaling ship Essex was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This dramatic real-life event later inspired Herman Melville\u2019s classic novel “Moby-Dick\u201d, published in 1851. At the time, oil extracted from sperm whales was used for lamps and candles, with a single whale yielding over 10,000 liters of whale oil. This demand fueled the whaling industry, leading to the near extinction of whales due to overhunting. However, an unexpected development revolutionized the lighting market and helped save whales from extinction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(Left) An illustration from the first edition of Herman Melville\u2019s novel “Moby-Dick” \/ (Right) An illustration from the 1902 edition of “Moby-Dick\u201d (Source: Wikipedia<\/a><\/span><\/span>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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