Fossil Fuel Man
An entrepreneur seeks to use the earth’s natural energy sources to power his dreams.
No capes, goggles, utility belts, or superpowers resided in Finley Doubleday. Just a business suit under a lab coat. Okay, maybe there were goggles, but only in the lab.
This cashew colored man held the coal in his hand.
“I’m trying to make coal cool. It’s been so maligned from Christmas gifts to environmentalists. Yet it is just dense carbon with a wide array of applications. We ought to treasure it.”
His white suit and boot covers, one could say, constituted his uniform. He just wore it to protect himself and the various specimens available to him in the lab.
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