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Chapter 674: Twenty Years of Sharpening a Sword (Fourth update, please subscribe)
Is it really that ridiculous?

From the post-World War II period to 1980, it was a golden age for the rapid development of the world's petroleum industry. Global oil production rose sharply, reaching 1950 million tons in 5.38, 1960 billion tons in 10.8, 1970 billion tons in 23.2, and reaching 1979 billion tons in 32.33, an increase of nearly 35 times in 8 years.

The premise for the surge in production is an increase in demand - the world economy is developing and countries around the world have strong demand for oil.

This demand is based on the great economic development, the entry of cars into thousands of households, and the surge in car ownership in the world.

"In other words, it's the demand brought about by hundreds of millions of cars."

Li Yian did some calculations on his notepad. At present, the average fuel consumption per 22 kilometers of a car is 18 liters. In the 20s, the average fuel consumption per 3000 kilometers of a car should be between 600- liters. Calculated based on the average driving speed of kilometers per year, each car requires liters of gasoline. How much gasoline is there in the world...

After a little calculation, Li Yian finally found the core of the problem - it was the demand for fuel for family cars that pushed up the importance of oil.

It can be said that it is the demand for fuel from hundreds of millions of family cars that has turned oil from an ordinary fuel into an indispensable daily necessity for many families. It is this daily necessity that further enhances the importance of oil.

"So, the key to destroying the hegemony of oil is not to develop a more fuel-efficient engine... but to destroy oil itself, and to develop a family car that does not use fossil fuels!"

Finally, after sorting everything out, Li Yian leaned over and wrote a word on the note pad.

Then he heavily underlined two words.

Later, he wrote a series of terms such as Tesla, Ideal, Weilai, Xiaopeng and other new car-making forces.

"In other words, the key to breaking the hegemony of oil and thus destroying the hegemony of the US dollar... is new energy vehicles!"

What is the key to new energy vehicles?
It’s the battery!

The tight binding of oil and US dollars and the high demand for oil by human civilization have made the two of them a pair of twins.

Because of this, there is almost nothing that can leverage the hegemony of US dollar oil.

"Electric sedan!"

But electric cars may break this hegemony!
"It turns out that the key to promoting new energy vehicles is here!"

Electric cars are the best option for destroying oil itself. After all, hydrogen energy and other energy sources are all somewhat illusory.

Before coming to this era, the Internet was full of news about new forces in car manufacturing. Of course, there were also news about things like unreliable brakes and burning batteries. However, this is not a problem. The problem is that electric cars can help break the hegemony of oil!
In an instant, he understood why in another world, Rabbit spared no effort to promote new energy vehicles. It’s not just about overtaking automotive technology or reducing the country’s dependence on oil.

"lithium battery!"

Only electric cars look the most realistic. It is also the easiest to realize on the technical path. After all, in another world, the popularization of electric vehicles is no longer something in science fiction, but an ordinary industrial product that has entered the lives of thousands of households.

"This is a new force in car manufacturing..."

It's a lithium battery!

Li Yian wrote this word on the note pad again.

Leaning back on the chair, Li Yian suddenly realized something.

The most critical factor is that new energy vehicles are likely to become the first crowbar to leverage the hegemony of the petrodollar!
After all, the core trump card of the United States is petrodollar hegemony!

Thanks to the popularity of electric cars created by new car-making forces in another world to create buzz, Li Yian also has a certain understanding of lithium batteries.

Let’s put aside the complexity of lithium batteries for now.

What is the core of lithium battery?
"Of course it's lithium!" Subconsciously, Li Yian wrote this word again on the notepad.

Lithium metal itself was discovered in 1817, and it was soon realized that the physical and chemical properties of lithium metal made it a natural material for batteries. It has low density and high capacity, and it has low electrical potential. These are almost telling people that I am the ideal negative electrode material for the battery. However, lithium metal itself also has huge problems. It is too reactive, can react violently with water, and has high requirements on the operating environment. So for a long time people were helpless about it.

Because of this, lithium has been a neglected metal until now, and its industrial applications are extremely limited.

Lithium is a metal and like all metals has its own price. This price is basically controlled by two factors: one is the necessity of this metal in certain processes of world industrial perfection; the other is the rarity of this metal.

Lithium, on the other hand, is a very rare metal that can be extracted in different ways, depending on the type of deposit—usually through solar evaporation from large brine ponds, or from hard rock like spodumene.

But in this era, its application is extremely limited.

In fact, in lithium batteries, to be precise, before the popularity of new energy vehicles, the price of lithium was low, and no one even noticed it even with lithium mines. After all, for mining companies and the country, they Don't care about a resource that is not widely used.

Before new energy vehicles, what is the biggest use of lithium? It is the battery for laptops, mobile phones, tablets and other electronic products. That’s all. What really pushes lithium prices to sky-high prices are new energy vehicles!

What is lithium now?
"It's just a pearl covered in dust!"

Li Yian said to himself,
"What if we take advantage of this opportunity to get most of the lithium mines in the world into our own hands?"

The moment this thought emerged in his mind, Li Yian's heart couldn't help but beat violently. After all, lithium is likely to be the oil of the future. If all the lithium mines in the world, or most of the lithium mines, were If you get it into your own hands, wouldn't that mean you have established "lithium hegemony"?
For example, Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest lithium resource, which can be seen from space. Argentina and Chile also have large lithium mines, and Australia also has large lithium mines.

"There is absolutely a chance!"

Li Yian couldn't help but think about it in his mind. Compared with other mineral resources, almost no one has noticed the value of lithium now, and even in the next few decades, no one knows its price.

It wasn't until lithium batteries were used in cars and until new car-making forces around the world launched electric cars that lithium wore the crown.

In this case, almost no one will compete with Nanyang for lithium resources. As long as enough capital is invested, or even limited capital is invested, most of the world's lithium mines can be easily acquired.

After writing down the several large-scale lithium mines he knew on a note pad, Li Yian's lips curled up slightly.

"As long as these lithium mines are taken down, the establishment of "lithium hegemony" in Nanyang will be just around the corner!"

Although I know that "lithium hegemony" is a bit exaggerated. After all, those lithium resources are distributed in countries around the world, but this is not important. What is important is that in the future, with the rise of trams and cars, lithium mines will definitely bring sources to Nanyang. Constant wealth, like oil.

The wealthy countries in the Middle East rely solely on oil.

Thinking of the wealthy countries in the Middle East, Li Yian leaned back on his chair again and whistled softly.

"Well, if it succeeds, then there will no longer be any tycoon country in the Middle East in this world."

In fact, it doesn’t matter how much wealth mastering the world’s lithium resources can bring. Importantly, it could change the situation in which oil dominates the energy market. This will shake up the US dollar’s ​​oil hegemony.

Compared to others, this is the most important.

"America..."

Putting down the pen in his hand, Li Yian touched his chin and said.

"It takes twenty years to sharpen a sword, and once you test its edge... America, let me let you be proud for a while longer..."

(End of this chapter)