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Originally Posted by bcj
Most of the lube on early engines was rendered pig lard rather than petroleum products.
Up until the point that Standard started refining kerosene and they had to figure out what to do with all the black gunk that fell out of the process.
Pig Poots! Burble away!
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didn't they use whale oil for some stuff like that as well? at least on the coastlines. i believe the interior states farm animal derived oils were easier to obtain.