Sheikh Yamani, Saudi Arabia’s former oil minister and a founding architect of OPEC, once said, “The stone age came to an end not for a lack of stones, and the oil age will end, but not for a lack of oil.” Humans stopped using stone because bronze and iron were superior materials.
沙特阿拉伯前石油部长、OPEC的缔造者之一，Sheikh Yamani曾说：“石器时代的结束并不是因为缺少石头；石油时代的结束也不会是因为缺少石油。”人类停止使用石器是因为青铜和铁是更好的材料。但我们真的会在其它相似能源技术能提供更好的能源时停止使用石油吗？