Daniel Yergin

They wouldn't need to take the same time.

They wouldn't need to carry the same people.

And so he made the decision, obviously others like Admiral Jackie Fisher were pushing him to convert the Royal Navy to oil.

And people saying this is treacherous because we'll depend upon oil from far away from Persia rather than Welsh coal.

And he said, this is the prize of the venture.

That's where I got my title from.

Originally it was gonna be called the prize of the venture, because that's what he said.

And then I just made it the prize.

But he saw that during World War I, he promoted another military development.

I'm forgetting what it was called initially, but it eventually became known as the tank.

I mean, so he really did kind of constantly push technology.

Why?

I don't know.

I mean, he was, you know, he was not educated as that.

He was educated and, you know, sort of in classic.

That's why he wrote so well.

But he understood technology and that you had to kind of constantly push for advantage.

Yeah, I mean, it's extraordinary.

I think in 1912, the head of the Italian military said, planes are interesting, but of no use in war.

And the war did begin with the cavalry charges.