This is an area of the north sea just off the coast of Denmark called Doggerland. It currently is a hotspot for fishermen, however, just recently, its purpose has become much more important. In fact, this patch of seemingly endless water may soon become one of the most important areas in the entire world.
You see, this spot, right here, could single handedly shift the balance of power for the entire world, while also making some countries rise to the level of superpower, and make others end their reign of world dominance

Around 6,000 years ago, what would you do if you wanted to travel long distances and establish trade routes of hundred of kilometers. Well, around 4,000 BC, virtually everyone had to walk. And thats not exactly the easiest thing to do. Some merchants started domesticating horses and camels which meant they could carry more goods and travel more efficiently. But still, long distance trade was extremely difficult and risky for human beings at that time.

But then one day, somewhere probably in Egypt, someone, who was likely walking along the coastline of the mediterranean, or the red sea, had an idea. What if an invisible force that seems to be able to make trees move and make the seas turn rough, what is that force could be harnessed. Of course, this person, who we will never know, was talking about a technology that would change humanity forever. It was the first time we harnessed the power of wind.

Primitive sailing boats started springing up in egypt who used them to trade all along the red sea and mediterranean. And over the course of the next several thousand years, the ability to harness the power of the wind, would dictate the empires of the world.

The persian empire relied heavily on its transport ships in order to invade and conquer the eastern mediterranean.
The roman empire relied heavily upon its ability to trade in bulk with the rest of the world, in order to get the resources it needed to build its empire.
Later, the british, portuguese, spanish, and the Dutch would become the world superpowers almost solely through their advancements in harnessing wind power in the most advanced ships of their time, like the carrack. And the Galleon.

But then, in 1887, a scottish professor named james blyth had a different idea of how to harness the wind. You see, by this time, the wind wasn’t just harnessed for the use of sailing, but it was also being used for things like pumping water, or grinding up grain.
But JAmes Blyth had a different idea. He saw that the world was adapting to a newly discovered technology called electricity. So he thought, mayve he could use his cottages windmill to produce some electricity. And well thats what he did. He then offered to gift this electricity he generated, to the town his cottage was in, which was marykirk. However, they politley declined, saying that this was clearly the work of the devil.

But that didn’t stop the rest of the world from becoming electrified. Right now, most of the electricity in the world is generated by Coal, Gas, and Oil. There was a brief moment in time when Nuclear energy may have been on a trajectory to become the words best and most efficient energy source. However, you can essentially point to the day where those dreams were crushed, april 26, 1986. The day Chernobyl happened, the world essentially shut off its investment into nuclear energy, and went back to fossil fuels.

And this reliance on these resources have created superpowers and monopolies over the last century.
Think of standard oil in the united states which was arguably the most powerful company in modern history. You can even look at modern day energy superpowers like saudia arabia that single handedly cheapened the entire worlds energy supply in 2020 by purposefully flooding the oil market in 2020.
There are plenty of other examples of countries gaining wealth fairly quickly from discoveries of oil as well, like norway, and more recently, guyana.

The point being, oil, gas, and coal have been one of the largest generators of wealth and power for countries over the last 100 years, because of how they can cheaply generate electricity and power for our modern day economies.


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