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The authors argued that if cars were no longer dependent on gasoline, oil would become less of a strategic commodity. They suggested that electric cars, which can be powered by various energy sources, would make oil less valuable as it would have to compete with numerous other commodities.
So the thesis of the book was if you have a car that does not depend on gasoline, that could run on 30 different types of fuel, then the gasoline is no longer a strategic commodity.
— Episode: Our Electrified Future with David Reichm...
Episode: Our Electrified Future with David Reichmuth
The authors argued that if cars were no longer dependent on gasoline, oil would become less of a strategic commodity. They suggested that electric cars, which can be powered by various energy sources, would make oil less valuable as it would have to compete with numerous other commodities.
So the thesis of the book was if you have a car that does not depend on gasoline, that could run on 30 different types of fuel, then the gasoline is no longer a strategic commodity.
So the two authors there, I've got Anne Koren and Gail Luft. So they're the two authors of that book, Turning Oil Into Salt.
So the book I read called Turning Oil Into Salt, and I forgot the two authors, co-authors of that, made a fascinating point, which was you have a car that requires oil products, so gasoline, it'll only run on gasoline.