Importance of Saudi Oil Should Be Treated with Skepticism

William Kovarik, PhD

WASHINGTON - September 15, 2019: Professor William Kovarik, the dean of biofuel history and co-author of "The Forbidden Fuel" has something to say about all the media alarms sounded after the attacks on the Saudi Arabia oil facilities on Saturday. Professor Kovarik told the New York Times: "Saudi Arabia is not "THE world's energy supply" but, rather, a tiny little tyranny whose paltry resources have been elevated to high strategic value only through the systematic exclusion of other larger oil fields and cleaner, cheaper energy resources. The underlying premises of the idea that this is 'the world's energy supply' need to be approached with real skepticism."

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