Chapter 627： biodiesel

"The regime change in Saudi Arabia is a normal change in line with Saudi Arabia's national system and is responsible for Saudi Arabia's laws." That night, as a representative of the French government, AFP announced France's attitude to the world: "King Khalid, King Fahd, the two kings have passed away one after another, and the incumbent King Abdullah is the only legitimate king who can represent the Saudi royal family. Therefore, the abdication agreement signed by King Abdullah is valid! We are very happy to see democracy The spread of freedom and freedom in the Middle East world, the end of the ancient royal rule, the leader who came to power through elections in this modern democratic way is the most legitimate representative who conforms to the will of the people! At the same time, we also expect Saudi Arabia to restore peace as soon as possible and restore the stable global supply of crude oil ."

The news from AFP completely shocked the world! Europe was stunned, America was stunned.

Come on, what are the French doing? Do they like to tear down America so much? Even if they have a holiday with the United States, there is no need to publicly support the Riyadh government like this and slap the United States in the face, right? The United States also supported a new Saudi king in Mecca!

However, because France is not a NATO country, although the United States was very angry after hearing the news and immediately expressed serious protest to France through diplomatic channels, it was only a protest, and the United States could not do anything to France.

And just after France issued a statement, in Saudi ports, French tankers began to load new crude oil and sailed in the direction of France. France needs energy and a stable supply of oil, and now, even Americans are It is too busy to take care of itself, and it is impossible to support France and provide France with oil resources.

That being the case, why does France keep looking at the faces of the Americans? Moreover, France has seen that the influence of the United States in the Middle East will become lower and lower, and a new world pattern is slowly taking shape!

When the United States lost the Far East, the influence of the United States began to weaken, and when the United States lost even the Middle East, what qualifications would the Americans have to be the leaders of the Western world? In this case, France has to be prepared at all times!

Even if the United States makes a comeback in the Middle East again, then France will at most just re-friend the Saudi royal government again, and France will have nothing to lose.

France, in the Western world, is unique, and by doing so, it also means hitting the American leader.

This made the United States feel depressed, and there was not much to do. However, what the United States did not expect was that within a few days, neutral countries such as Switzerland and Sweden also announced their support for the current Saudi government!

"These short-sighted guys actually support the puppet government of Saudi Arabia for a little oil resources! Don't they see that the puppet government of Saudi Arabia is actually the Soviet Union behind it? If the Soviet Union completely controls the oil resources in the Middle East, The economy of the entire Western world will collapse! The international oil price will even exceed $200 a barrel!" In the White House, Reagan had realized that things were out of control. The Soviets used oil as a weapon to let the new Saudi government obtain International community support!

If the new government is supported by the international community, what about the royal government supported by the United States? Become a refugee from the West! Although the wealth of the royal family will allow these people to still live a prosperous life, what does it mean for the United States to lose control of the country? The United States might as well freeze the royal wealth for its own use!

"It now seems that we have to deal with the worst-case scenario." Bush is also worried. Now, the development of the situation is completely beyond his control. Bush has an ominous premonition that the Middle East is out of the control of the United States. Then, the United States The economy may be completely doomed.

Why is the United States now enjoying the status of economic hegemony? Since the collapse of the Bretton Woods system after World War II, the U.S. dollar has been decoupled from gold and is no longer strong. Since then, the United States has relied on the petrodollar system. All countries in the world want to buy oil and need to settle in U.S. dollars. In this way, the U.S. dollar Continue to be the world currency! And this system was built by Saudi Arabia in OPEC. The dollars that Saudi Arabia harvests are then consumed in the United States, which means that the United States can obtain cheap oil resources as long as the money printing presses are turned on.

Now, oil is controlled by the Soviets. If the Soviets follow suit and create a ruble oil system, the ruble will become the world currency, and the dollar will become waste paper!

In later generations, the United States launched a war in the Middle East and eventually overthrew Saddam's rule, because Saddam used euros to settle oil, which of course angered Americans!

At that time, the United States could start a war, but it was a small opponent after all, but now, is it really going to enter a state of world war? Young Europeans are not willing to fight at all, and even if they are forcibly tied to the chariot of war, can they be guaranteed to win?

America has no confidence. Conventional warfare may not necessarily lead to victory. On the contrary, the Soviets had a month to advance to the beaches of France, across the sea from Great Britain.

And nuclear war? In such a war, there is no winner!

"As long as we don't solve the oil crisis, there will definitely be more countries supporting the current Saudi government. The Soviets' intention is obvious. As long as we recognize the current Saudi government, we can get sufficient oil imports, although the price is high. , after all, there are still oil shortages in the whole of Europe, and even at gas stations in the UK, there are often scenes of queuing up for refueling," said Secretary of State George.

Solve the oil crisis? This is inexplicable! Because solving the oil crisis is equivalent to solving the current Middle East problem!

"Our country's oil extraction has increased, and at the same time, from the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries, oil imports have increased, but our current ability is to solve our oil import problem, we are not able to take care of the whole of Europe." Energy Minister James said. .

"Is there no new technology solution?" Reagan asked. As the most technologically advanced country, Reagan couldn't believe that there was no alternative way!

"Yes, and now, our scientists have been developing renewable fatty acid monoesters, called biodiesel, and now there has been significant progress," James said.

In fact, the concept of using plants as fuel has been around for a long time. At the earliest time, Diesel, the inventor of the engine, pointed out in the report of the Missouri Engineering Conference in 1912 that the use of rapeseed oil as engine fuel does not seem to be today. It doesn't make much sense, but it will become as important a fuel as oil and coal in the future. At that time, he pointed out the significance of biofuels. (To be continued.) To find this site, please search for "" or enter the URL: