Electrification is often presented as oil’s great rival. If we are to believe some of the myths perpetuated about the energy industry, electrification and oil operate in silos, sealed off from one another, as they engage in an existential struggle. ‘There can be only one winner,’ mythmakers tell us…

Do you know what toothpaste, cameras, soap, computers, jet fuel, car wheels, contact lenses and prosthetics have in common? Oil: If oil were to disappear today, we would lose many important goods and services that require oil or an oil derivative. Without oil, we would see transportation…