[sinanju]

The point being that synthetic substitutes replaced whale oil and all that was made from it long, long ago. Not to mention baleen.

Unless there is a significant number of people who actually want to eat the stuff, why bother killing the damn things? And if there ARE people who like it, can’t whalers do the job without govt’ largesse?

It looks like we’re talking buggy whips here.

[smokingfrog]

‘Minke whale kebabs are a common dish in Reykjavik.’

[Roccus]

The point being that synthetic substitutes replaced whale oil and all that was made from it long, long ago.

Then why does NASA use it on the HST?