[ROCKLOBSTER]

If you want to take away the influence of these oil producing nations, then you’ll need to develop a new form of energy that the world can use in place of oil. Sooner or later that will need to be done

Why?

I firmly believe oil is produced by the oceans at a rate we could never keep up with. The dead plankton etc constantly falls to the bottom and turns to ooze. In many cases it travels underground via caverns or porous strata to potential well sites onshore.

We just need new and better methods of discovering and extracting it from inner space.

[Star Traveler]

I’ve heard it both ways and I’m not convinced either way ... but whichever way it is ... if you want to REMOVE those countries from their EXCESSIVE INFLUENCE upon the world (along with their despicable ideology) ... then another form of energy to replace oil is going to be required.