tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800828841873738105.post6369060907919606476..comments2023-07-02T06:58:33.737-05:00Comments on WebberEnergyBlog: The Civil War and CrudeMichael E. Webber, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12416546342365493633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800828841873738105.post-42659372000006422782008-04-14T23:47:00.000-05:002008-04-14T23:47:00.000-05:00As an interesting historical footnote, during the ...As an interesting historical footnote, during the 1860s, the price of the (wooden) oil barrel itself--fluctuating between $2.50 and $3.50--often exceeded the value of its contents. (<I>see</I> Leonardo Maugeri, <I>The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Contoversial Resource</I> (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006), p. 6.)John Losingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241759761840074461noreply@blogger.com