Supporters of Whaling Industry Objected to Light from Gas
In the process of creative destruction, the industry that is being destroyed often seeks to protect itself from the new innovation:
(p. 45) In England, objectors to gaslight argued that it undercut the whaling industry.
Source:
Burke, James. The Pinball Effect: How Renaissance Water Gardens Made the Carburetor Possible - and Other Journeys. Boston: Back Bay Books, 1997.
