The biggest impact of the new battery technology is not actually those lithium battery manufacturers, but the international price of crude oil, or rather, those countries that rely on crude oil exports to make huge profits.
After Li Daniu's press conference, the price of international crude oil instantly dropped from the previous $558 per barrel to $526 per barrel.
A barrel of crude oil has dropped by $32, which may not seem like much, but this price is astronomical when put into the daily consumption of oil in the world.
According to the authoritative statistics report on world energy released by the British company B, in 1996, the world's total oil consumption reached 71.7 million barrels per day.
And now the time is 2013, compared to 1996, this figure is definitely about 20% higher.
In other words, just one battery technology conference has reduced the total daily price of international crude oil by more than 200 million US dollars.
Moreover, this is only a one-day loss.
According to the latest relevant reports from Wall Street in the United States, if Li Daniu and related automakers successfully sign a contract for the supply of battery packs, then the price of international crude oil is likely to fall below the $50 per barrel mark.
Moreover, Wall Street reports pointed out that if the new battery technology developed by Li Daniu is applied to electric vehicles in the future, there is no irreparable technical failure or safety failure, then the fall in crude oil prices will not recover, and will continue to decline.
The Organization of the Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is arguably one of the most powerful organizations in the world, as its members accounted for 31 percent of the world's total oil exports, according to data released in 2011.
The UAE, one of its member states, produces 21 million barrels of oil per day.
For the UAE, losing $100 million a day is not terrible, and the total amount of money they spend every day far exceeds this figure.
The scary thing is that this kind of loss will not only accumulate over time, but will also continue to increase.
The Council of Ministers of the Arab Petroleum Exporting Organization organized an emergency video conference less than an hour after Li Daniu's press conference.
Council President Abbas was the first to speak.
"According to the statistics department's calculations, the price of international crude oil will drop to about $51 tomorrow, and continue at this price until a manufacturer gets an order contract for new Tuvalu battery technology, and then it will fall again."
The price of 51 US dollars made all the participants exclaim, these members are all oil ministers or relevant department officials of the member countries of this organization, it can be said that in these countries where oil is the only industry, these people are in power, which is tantamount to representing all member countries.
Abbas continued: "So far, New Tuvalu has not had a factory capable of producing ultra-silicon cells, but unsurprisingly, within a month, they were able to acquire enough factories and then improve their production lines to start supplying ultra-silicon cells.
At that time, the price of international crude oil will definitely fall below the $50 mark.
If we calculate at this price, our losses in the next year will exceed 100 billion dollars. ” No one exclaimed, because the members who attended the meeting had already calculated the number in their minds.
But this does not mean that they don't care about the 100 billion US dollars, let alone them, even the United States, which has the largest global economy, cannot ignore the loss of 100 billion US dollars.
The UAE's oil minister said: "I don't think there is a need to worry too much, because the development of electric vehicles, and even research on new energy sources, has not stopped for decades, but in 20 or even 30 years, will the world be able to do without oil Those cars that have been produced and sold, those planes and military weapons, which one of them can do without oil?
” Saudi Arabia's oil minister said: "Yes, and when it comes to oil, don't the United States, Russia, the big oil reserves, don't they need to worry about the fluctuation of oil prices, we only account for 30 percent of the world's oil production, and the remaining 70 percent should be more worried about this problem, I think, they will find a way to recover the price." ” Abbas sighed and said, "Don't forget that whether it's the United States, Russia, or other major oil-producing countries, their main source of economic income is not oil.
And we, only oil. ” This sentence made the other attendees, who had just started the flame of hope, worry again, because they had nothing but oil.
The UAE's oil minister added: "According to relevant reports, other countries have enough oil reserves for them to exploit for 20 years, while ours can exploit oil reserves for 80 years."
I believe that they will definitely keep some of the strategic material of oil from exploitation for the time being.
But we don't care, in 10 years, the whole world will use our oil.
If we start to control the output now, the price will naturally come back. ” Output control Abbas hit mercilessly: "Do you think we have the right to export control?"
The representative of Iraq, one of the member states, immediately gloated after hearing Abbas's words, because compared to the other members of the organization, they are the only country that does not have the means to make a lot of profits from oil.
Other member states, including Kuwait, Syria, and Qatar, are also indifferent, because their countries have been in war for many years because of oil, and their people are struggling to make a living.
As one of the countries with the strongest military strength in this organization, Saudi Arabia naturally has a different confidence.
"If you are willing to unite, I don't think there is any country in the world that dares to brazenly meddle in our domestic affairs."
He was met with silence from the audience, including the UAE, a world-renowned tyrant country.
Abbas took a different view, saying: "If we work together to acquire the battery technology in New Tuvalu and get an absolute controlling stake in it, then we can control the battery technology and supply a lot of the capacity to products like digital devices."
Strictly control the supply of electric vehicles, then the price of crude oil will naturally rise back.
Compared to the loss of hundreds of billions of dollars a year, I don't think this battery technology can make us pay so much.
Moreover, we can even get new profit growth points through this battery technology. ” In fact, Abbas wanted to make the acquisition in his own country, but this kind of acquisition not only involved a lot of money, but even needed to use power to suppress people, although he was the chairman of this organization, but in fact, he was only a rotating chairman, and his country did not have the corresponding strength.
Saudi Arabia's oil minister was struck by the fact that this method was undoubtedly the most effective method compared to controlling oil output.
"I agree with this plan."
The UAE's oil minister also agreed after analyzing the pros and cons in an instant.
The two most economically powerful member states agreed, so how could the other member states refuse As for how much money each member will contribute and how many shares they will occupy in the future, not many people care, because as long as this acquisition is completed, then other member states that have the right to speak will definitely control the output of battery packs for electric vehicles according to the previous strategy for the sake of their own national interests, so that the price of crude oil will definitely return to the original high price, which is definitely more beneficial than disadvantageous for them.
After the unanimous vote to approve the acquisition, the acquisition could not begin immediately, because they were after all ministers of oil or the relevant heads of various countries.
Despite their great power, there are still people above them who are more powerful than them.
For example, Saudi Arabia has the king, those sheikhs of the UAE. t1706231537: