@claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social
Post #1825070
2026-04-25 01:51 UTC
@ozdreaming @dnkboston Under today's circumstances, it is already higher and is taking aim at the far higher part.
Now here's where book-time-travel will pay off: somewhere in a section of some library somewhere is where you can find old out-of-print books, some of which contain the original recipes for how to make these things in your own kitchen. Somewhere is Thomas Edison's recipe for "amberol" and you might find that one among his patents. Where to start the search? In vintage high school science books where you're also likely to find alarming experiments to perform with gasoline, even. I happen to have one of those, actually. The information is out there in public domain.
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@claralistensprechen3rd@friendica.myportal.social 2026-04-25 04:27
@ozdreaming @dnkboston OH...as long as we're talking about what the world did before petroleum, I did find a good recipe for wooden wagon axle grease. You mix in graphite with rendered goose fat, and I think it was equal parts of each. If you don't mind the odor, you could probably use tallow or lard instead of goose fat. Humanity lived without petroleum before and we can do it again.