Chapter 92 postscript

Energy is an important basis for economic and social development.Petroleum is one of the most commonly used, safest, and lowest-cost energy sources.Our daily life is increasingly inseparable from oil.However, little is known about where oil comes from.Petroleum has become the most concerned member of the energy family because of its low overall cost, safe use, and convenient transportation.In peacetime, automobiles, air transport and other means of transportation and people's daily life are inseparable from oil; in wartime, the movement of chariots, fighter planes, and large-scale deployment of troops are even more inseparable from oil.It can be said that oil is the most important strategic resource. Whoever controls oil will control the commanding heights of global competition and occupy a favorable position in international relations; The lifeblood of the opponent; whoever controls the oil will control the wealth, and there will be a guarantee for the healthy and stable development of the economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards.

my country is in a critical period of economic development.In the past 30 years of reform and opening up, my country's economy has developed greatly, the total amount of economic activities has reached the fourth largest scale in the world, and people's living standards have also been greatly improved.However, my country is still a country with relatively poor resources per capita, and energy, resource, and environmental constraints have become restrictive factors for economic development and improvement of people's living standards.The contradiction between supply and demand of energy, especially oil, becomes more prominent with the development of economy.We have changed from a net oil exporter to a net importer of oil. In terms of utilizing international oil resources, we mainly adopt trade methods. Therefore, any disturbance in the international oil market will have a huge impact on our national interests. Impact.

For a long time, we have not done enough research on various factors that affect oil supply and fluctuations, and we have not tracked them deeply. In particular, we do not know much about the extremely hidden geopolitical factors behind oil price fluctuations, lack of foresight of international oil supply fluctuations, and lack of influence on international oil prices. The effective means of oil supply and demand is always to passively accept changes in world oil prices.In the case of increasing dependence on international oil resources, the rise and fall of oil prices directly affect the economic interests and national welfare of our country.In particular, some international oil oligarchs took advantage of the temporary interruption of my country's oil supply and demand to manipulate oil prices, causing us to suffer huge losses in oil trade.Therefore, it is of great strategic significance to strengthen the research on oil issues, especially the research on the international oil market and oil geopolitics, grasp the law of oil supply and demand, and strive for the initiative in oil supply to ensure my country's energy security.

William Endall is an internationally renowned oil geopolitics scientist and an authoritative analyst of the new world economic order. He has written a lot in the fields of oil politics and finance, and his views are of great significance to academia, industry and governments Widespread impact.This book is the result of his many years of focusing on oil geopolitics research, and is his culmination of oil politics.This book vividly depicts the geopolitical struggles of international financial groups, oil oligarchy and major western countries around oil, reveals the seemingly simple but profound inner connection between oil and the dollar, and analyzes the oil crisis, The real reasons behind major historical events such as the Alliance Movement, the Falklands War, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the reunification of Germany show us the thrilling history of more than a century of struggle around oil.Of course, some views in this book are one-sided and extreme, and I believe readers can make their own judgments.

The book is divided into 13 chapters, starting from the middle and late 19th century to the 21st century, spanning more than a hundred years, presenting the history of world oil to readers clearly and wonderfully, allowing readers to closely follow the two clues of oil and finance It vividly presents to us the secret means by which the British and American financial and oil consortiums manipulate financial and monetary policies, control oil trade, and plunder world wealth. It is a must-read book for understanding world economy, studying international politics, and expanding strategic thinking. A good book provides us with a brand new perspective to observe and understand this complicated world.The book has been translated into more than ten languages ​​and is a bestseller in the international book market in recent years.

Participated in the translation of this book are: Zhao Gang, Kuang Ye, Chen Siyu, Yang Yanhong, and the whole book was reviewed by Ouyang Wu.In the process of finalizing this book, Mr. Liang Guangyan from Fortune magazine, Ms. Liu Wei from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and Dr. Yuan Jirong from the American Department of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences gave great help, and I would like to express my heartfelt thanks .In addition, special thanks go to Mr. Liu Zhong, Director of the Fifth Section of Intellectual Property Publishing House. His open-minded and tolerant attitude, work spirit of excellence, and excellent professional quality are important guarantees for the high-level presentation of this book to readers.Here, we would also like to thank Ms. Liu Shuang and Mr. Wang Jun from Intellectual Property Publishing House for their hard work for the publication of this book.

The content of this book involves various fields of politics, military affairs, economy, and culture. It has a large time span, rich historical materials, and vivid stories. inevitable.We sincerely apologize if the reader's understanding of the author's true intention is affected due to translation errors.If you can gain happiness from reading this book, and then have a deeper understanding of oil geopolitics, or have a stronger interest in oil issues since then, that is the charm of this book. Ouyang Wu, Zhao Gang March 21, 2008