Petroleum Product of the Week: Rubber Ducks
Rubber Duckie you’re the one You make bath time lots of fun Rubber Duckie I’m awfully fond of you You…
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Petroleum Product of the Week: Traffic Signals
In 1914, Cleveland installed the nation’s first electric traffic signal on the corner of 105th and Euclid Avenue. Lester Wire…
Petroleum Product of the Week: Pencils
Pencils. These yellow, wooden word-makers bring me back to my elementary school days where I used them to write short…
Petroleum Product of the Week: Elastic Underwear
Tighty whities, boxers, g-strings, boxer briefs, hipsters… short of going commando, chances are you have some petroleum products below the…
Petroleum Product of the Week: Putty
Personally, I’ve been mesmerized by the slime and putty videos that have been blowing up online. There’s just something about…
Petroleum Product of the Week: Basketballs
March means March Madness for many, many people...which means basketball. This is an entire month dedicated to college basketball; from…
Petroleum Product of the Week: Chewing Gum
Something to Chew On: Gum is everywhere—it’s sold at just about every location and can easily be found stuck to…
The Trouble With Tires — A Brief History of Synthetic Rubber
Long before it was vulcanized, molded, driven 20,000 miles, and tossed carelessly in the backwoods, rubber was a valued commodity.…