It’s truly a liquid with magical properties that doesn’t have a green equivalent.
Now the ask is to make people’s lives uncomfortable? I doubt that’s going to fly.
My bet is whoever figures out a carbon capture -> green oil solution is in for big wins.
Energy makes our lives great.
Before airplanes, before tanks, the oil-fired battleship was a vast improvement over coal-fired battleships.
Also "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power" by Daniel Yergin is essential for understanding the history of oil.
Otherwise known as a tree
Electroil is an imaginary liquid that is as energy dense as oil but can be converted to electricity at almost a 100% efficiency
We know most of the oil is used to power engines. It’s not a very efficient chemical to kinetic energy conversion.