>>>>*Big Snip
>>>>
>>>>>Yes. It is a global screw job. Most important resource ever? Nah.
>>>>
>>>>You have a submission to match or exceed crude oil?
>>>
>>>
>>>How about..
>>>
>>>Air.
>>>or
>>>Water.
>>>or
>>>the sun
>>
>>Ummm. "most important resource ever discovered on the planet"
>>
>>Pretty loose definition of "discovered" to include air and water.
>>The sun is not "on the planet".
>>
>>Try again? ;)
>
>Would you say electricity was discovered? Way more important than oil.

Is electricity a resource or the by-product of a resource? In and of itself, I'd consider it a resource, however, until we can harness lightning, we have to generate electricity to take advantage of it, so I'm more inclined to look to the resources used in its generation (oil, coal, uranium, wind, sun, hydro, etc).

IIRC, oil is more efficient for energy generation than all but uranium and oil has vast amounts of other uses via derivatives.