At the end of the film (some spoilers), the white - haired moneyed men of
Big Whale Oil are worried what the truth will do to their industry.
Not exact matches
If we hadn't gone after the
whales for
oil before figuring out petroleum — and if we managed to invent machinery without
whale oil — we might have a lot
bigger CO2 sink working.
And if Canadian
Big Oil giant Enbridge and its allies in Canada's Federal Government have their way, and the massive Northern Gateway pipeline / tanker route proposal is approved, the
whales may leave this place forever.