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<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fossil%20fuel&...>
Zooming in on the 19th century, the term was already seeing use in the 1770s/80s, and was rising in usage well before 1860, by which time it had reached a peak.
<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fossil+fuel&ye...>
The Standard Oil Company was founded in 1882. Its predecessor Standard Oil Company of Ohio was founded in 1870.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil>
I call bullshit on EricE's unfounded claims.
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<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fossil%20fuel&...>
Zooming in on the 19th century, the term was already seeing use in the 1770s/80s, and was rising in usage well before 1860, by which time it had reached a peak.
<https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fossil+fuel&ye...>
The Standard Oil Company was founded in 1882. Its predecessor Standard Oil Company of Ohio was founded in 1870.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Oil>
I call bullshit on EricE's unfounded claims.