e have to feed plants so that they can feed us. That conclusion was arrived at by virtually every early agricultural civilization, be it in China, Mesopotamia, Europe, or the Americas.
gasoline
My first encounter with the importance of oil was in 1962.
The chemistry of gasoline is not as simple as you'd think.
Useless trivia item for a Wednesday:
Whether you are choosing 87, 89, or 93-octane rated gasoline, you're not buying octane. Why? Because if you were actually putting octane into your car, it would screw it up big time.
