Comment on “Energy in the Future”: a time capsule of energy concerns from 1953parentComments−Lammy5yfrankly, too US-centricTry buying petroleum from OPEC in anything but USD: https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/40.htmCorollary: http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.reut/−chrisco2555yUSD is the world reserve currency. Most international trading occurs in terms of dollars.
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Try buying petroleum from OPEC in anything but USD: https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/data_graphs/40.htm
Corollary: http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/meast/10/30/iraq.un.euro.reut/
USD is the world reserve currency. Most international trading occurs in terms of dollars.