The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania. The first barrels of crude fetched $18 (around $450 at today’s prices). It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.

This means honing their “outsight” —the capacity to perceive external things—and helping their constituents develop that ability as well.

The only thing that might make me play is if you get bonus points for either broken pelvises or fatal rodeo-clown gorings.

The grammar police are cruising the info highway, and they're writing tickets. In newsgroups . . . bad English does not go unnoticed.