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# Fossil Fuels Saved The Whale
- URL: https://meme.aho.st/fossil-fuels-saved-the-whale/
- Published: 2024-04-13T23:41:22.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-13T23:41:22.000Z
- Author: Meme Commissar
- Tags: ridley, quotes, environMENTAList, #Import 2026-09-24 01:11

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Whales, seals, penguins and bears are booming for a very simple reason: we stopped killing them. Their meat could not compete with beef. And, above all, their fur and blubber could not compete with petroleum products. Or to put it another way, fossil fuels saved the whale.  
\-- [Matt Ridley](https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/09/why-humanity-is-good-for-the-natural-world/?ref=meme.aho.st)