Det här har nog spelat stor roll samtidigt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar_warfare "The phrase petrodollar warfare refers to a hypothesis that one of the driving forces of United States foreign policy over recent decades has been the status of the United States dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency and as the currency in which oil is priced...Most oil sales throughout the world are denominated in United States dollars (USD). According to proponents of the petrodollar warfare hypothesis, because most countries rely on oil imports, they are forced to maintain large stockpiles of dollars in order to continue imports. This creates a consistent demand for USDs and upwards pressure on the USD's value, regardless of economic conditions in the United States."

För att inte tala om https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrodollar_warfare#Political_events "In 2000, Iraq converted all its oil transactions under the Oil for Food program to euros. When U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, it returned oil sales from the euro to the USD.

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran takes this theory as fact. As retaliation to this policy seen as neoimperialism, Iran has made an effort to create its own Iranian Oil Bourse which has sold oil in Gold, Euros, Dollars, and Japanese Yen since its opening. The theory is supported historically by Iranian intellectuals as a move made by the American elites after World War II with the Bretton Woods Act, taking away Gold backing from the Pound Sterling and discreetly starting the eventual pegging of Gulf Arab Oil producers' currencies after Britain gave them independence in 1961 and 1971. These countries were further secured militarily after the Gulf War in 1990. This pegging of the currencies along with the exchanges being exclusively in USD in only two places, the IPE in London and NYMEX in New York City, has given the United States a near monopoly, with growing economies such as India and China waiting in line for orders. Critics say this revolutionary move by Iran in creating a rival market may also be one of the reasons for the ongoing energy-related US competition with Iran.

In mid-2006 Venezuela indicated support of Iran's decision to offer global oil trade in the euro currency.".

Man skulle nog behöva uppdatera den sidan med t.ex "Some believe it is about protecting civilians, others say it is about oil, but some are convinced intervention in Libya is all about Gaddafi's plan to introduce the gold dinar, a single African currency made from gold, a true sharing of the wealth."
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-gold ... rld-economy-from-gaddafi/

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Vilken tur att olja kan nybildas i exponentiellt ökande hastighet för att tillfredsställa mänsklighetens exponentiellt ökande oljeanvändning.

Finns tydligen ingen gräns för hur snabbt olja kan nybildas. Det finns tydligen ingen risk att det blir brist på abiotisk olja när den fossila oljan är slut.

Dumheter! Oljereserverna kommer förbrukas och nybildad olja kommer bara räcka till en bråkdel av världens energibehov. Oljan kommer naturligtvis aldrig "ta slut" helt. Men det är det heller ingen som sagt. Inte ens Hubbert, han pratade nämligen om en produktionstopp och en topp för upptäckandet av ny olja, inte att olja tog slut. För även fossil olja nybildas. Så olja kan per definition inte ta slut oavsett teori. Så artikeln ovan är skriven av de som inte förstått vad oljetoppen innebär... läs på!

Det kan hjälpa att förstå vad "exponentiellt ökande" betyder. Nybildningen av olja kan inte öka exponentiellt och det kommer leda till brist hur mycket olja det än finns.