章節 846: On the Ocean

Oil crops weren't first created by Future Biology.

As early as the 1970s, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Melvin Calvin discovered a tall evergreen tree named Hevea brasiliensis in the tropical rain forest in Brazil. After drilling a small hole, it was possible to produce a small amount of oil similar to diesel.

In 1986, the UA took the lead in growing "oil crops." Subsequently, other countries also successively carried out researches on the applications of "oil crops", then established new environmentally-friendly oil production bases such as "oil botanical gardens" and "oil farms."

Unfortunately, as of today, this kind of green energy still has not been widely used.

Not because it wasn't easy to use but because of cost and production-related issues.

Let's talk about production first.

What was Saudi Arabia's oil production last year? According to data released by OPEC, this figure exceeded the historical peak of 12.5 million barrels in 2018...