067 - History of Oil (Dead White Scientists Series)

Who was the first to discover oil?  Was it in Pennsylvania, or West Virginia (museums are built claiming this), or a small well in Caldwell Ohio that is still polluting the ground water?  Or should credit be given to the Chinese, or the Native Americans who used oil for medicine and to waterproof their homes and canoes - long before white men set foot on the land.  And just how "free" is the "free market" that the fossil fuel industry claims to hold near and dear? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of dead white scientists and their continuing impact on the realities of sustainable living.