Posted AT 4:19 AM EDT on 28/04/08
The smouldering debate over biofuel
In the early 19th century, while a young Charles Dickens toiled for six shillings a week in a decrepit London boot-blacking factory and went home to a darkened room, the wealthy enjoyed the fragrant glow of spermaceti oil candles burning in their chandeliers. This remarkably clear and aromatic oil was harvested from the huge head of the sperm whale, driving the creature of
Moby Dick fame toward the brink of extinction.
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