“Nobody gets beyond a petroleum economy. Not while there's petroleum there.”
“This whole world was a processed petroleum product.”
“Instead of eating exclusively from the sun, humanity now began to sip petroleum.”
“Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.”
“You're not allowed to call them dinosaurs any more," said Yo-less. "It's speciesist. You have to call them pre-petroleum persons.”
“If we are going to start calling industrial corn sustainable, then we might as well say that petroleum is a renewable resource if you're willing to wait long enough.”