Until recently, whale oil cornered the market.

不久之前 鲸油还在市场上独占鳌头。

Until then, America runs on whale oil.

在那之前 是鲸油照亮着美国。

Even today, whale oil is used by NASA.

时至今日 美国航空航天局仍在使用鲸油。

Kerosene was used to light lamps. It was a cheap substitute for whale oil, which was becoming harder to get.

煤油被用来点灯。它是鲸油的一种便宜的替代品，而鲸油正变得越来越难以获得。

But commodities like whale oil, absolutely, they wanted that.

但像鲸油这样的商品，绝对是他们想要的。

Initially, distilled oil replaces the burning of whale oil in lamps.

最初， 蒸馏油取代了鲸油灯的燃烧。

The streets of Europe were lit with Nantucket whale oil.

欧洲的街道上被楠塔基特鲸油照亮。

They were powered by oil lamps, with whale oil and whalebone basins, and a very nice-looking community.

他们用油灯供电，有鲸油和鲸骨盆，还有一个非常漂亮的社区。

Whale oil is an excellent product.

鲸油是一种优秀的产品。

He says that whale oil was valuable as a lubricant.

他说鲸油作为润滑剂很有价值。

And it's whale oil that provides that illumination.

鲸油提供了这种照明。

Did those colonial-era whaling exporters need a specific charter from the crown for exporting whale oil and other whale products?

那些殖民时代的捕鲸出口商是否需要获得皇室的特定许可才能出口鲸油和其他鲸鱼产品？

What share of illumination was provided by whale oil at the peak of whale-oil illumination?

在鲸油照明的峰值时，鲸油提供的照明比例是多少？

But while the city’s early prosperity was fuelled by whale oil, it was a much smaller sea creature that brought Monterey its greatest riches.

不过这座城市早期的财富来源归功于鲸油，相较来说，这么小型的海洋生物却带给蒙特利如此巨大的利益。

Sperm whale oil could be refined into extremely high-quality lubricants and illuminants.

抹香鲸油可以提炼成极高品质的润滑剂和发光剂。

So it becomes possible to make cheap substitutes for whale oil products.

因此，制造鲸油产品的廉价替代品成为可能。

There wasn't much demand for whale oil or meat in the Soviet Union.

苏联对鲸油或鲸肉的需求并不大。

This future required bigger and faster ships; more advanced tools and technologies — including a more efficient way to process the whale oil.

这个未来需要更大更快的船只；更先进的工具和技术——包括更有效的鲸油加工方法。

Whale oil had lit the world for decades, but it was being replaced by fossil fuels and, eventually, electricity.

几十年来，鲸油一直照亮着世界，但它正在被化石燃料取代，最终被电力取代。

Since there's not much demand for whale meat, or whale oil, why is there still any whaling in Norway?

既然对鲸肉或鲸油的需求不大，为什么挪威仍然存在捕鲸活动？