Name: 如果你不懂「石油美元」，你就搞不懂美伊戰爭！ (If You Don't Understand the Petrodollar, You Don't Understand US-Iran War)
Uploaded: 2026-03-15T18:07:00.000Z
Duration: 20 min 47 s

If you don't understand petrodollar, you don't understand why the United States started a war against Iran.

如果你不懂 petrodollar，你就無法理解美國為何要對伊朗開戰。

Petrodollar is the main engine of the global economy and the reason why the United States dollar is the global reserve currency.

Petrodollar 是全球經濟的主要引擎，也是美元成為全球儲備貨幣的原因。

So if the United States did not start this war, the US Dollar would no longer be the global reserve currency.

所以，如果美國沒有發動這場戰爭，美元就不再是全球儲備貨幣了。

And for some people it might seem an exaggeration.

對某些人來說，這聽起來可能有點誇張。

So petrodollar is the agreement that the United States have signed with Middle Eastern countries that Saudi Arabia, UAE and all these nations will be selling their oil exclusively in US dollar.

Petrodollar 就是美國和中東國家，像是沙烏地阿拉伯、阿拉伯聯合大公國等，簽訂的協議，規定這些國家只能用美元來賣他們的石油。

And that gives a lot of advantage to the United States because if you are now another country and you need a lot of oil, then you have to buy a lot of US Dollars.

這讓美國佔了很多便宜，因為如果你是其他國家，需要大量石油，就必須購買大量美元。

And if you come to Saudi Arabia and ask Saudi Arabia, I want your oil, sending Saudi Arabia will say that, well, we want US Dollars for our oil.

如果你到沙烏地阿拉伯說，我想要你們的石油，沙烏地阿拉伯就會說，嗯，我們賣石油要收美元。

Imagine for a moment what kind of a scenario that creates.

想像一下，這會創造出什麼樣的局面。

You are China and you are trying to industrialize your country.

你是中國，而且你正在試圖讓你的國家工業化。

You want to become the global factory in the world.

But all these factories won't be functioning if you don't have oil.

但如果沒有石油，這些工廠都無法運作。

So as China, even if you absolutely hate the United States, you have no other option but to buy a lot of US Dollars.

所以身為中國，即使你非常討厭美國，你也別無選擇，只能購買大量的美元。

Because without US dollars, you don't have oil.

And that there is so much demand for US dollars by Japan, by China, by European countries and by all other nations.

而日本、中國、歐洲國家以及所有其他國家，對美元的需求量都非常大。

So that creates something that we call a petrodollar loop.

這就創造了我們所說的石油美元循環。

Countries need to buy a lot of oil because without oil they don't have economies.

國家需要購買大量石油，因為沒有石油就沒有經濟。

沒有經濟，他們就什麼都沒有。

But to buy oil, they need a stockpile of US dollars.

但要購買石油，他們需要儲備美元。

You need to buy millions of barrels every single day.

你們每天都需要購買數百萬桶。

So in order for you to pay for this oil every single day, you are going to keep a lot of US Dollars because you have to make these payments every single day.

所以為了每天都能支付這些石油的費用，你們會儲備大量美元，因為你們必須每天都進行這些支付。

By having so much stockpile of US Dollars that it instantly creates inflation.

擁有這麼大量的美元儲備，會立刻造成通貨膨脹。

Inflation is basically that the dollar continuously starts losing its value because that is how paper money is designed.

通貨膨脹基本上就是說，美元的價值會持續下跌，因為這就是紙鈔的設計方式。

So imagine you have $100,000 in your bank account and a year has passed and, and

所以想像一下，你的銀行帳戶裡有十萬美元，一年過去了，

you might think, oh, I did a good job, I did not spend that hundred thousand dollars on some crap that I don't need.

你可能會想，喔，我做得很好，我沒有把這十萬美元花在一些不需要的爛東西上。

So your hundred thousand dollars lost 3% of its value.

所以你的十萬美元損失了百分之三的價值。

Or you just lost $3,000 even though that you haven't spent a single dime of that money.

所以你就算一毛錢都沒花，還是賠了三千美元。

And that's why smart people always invest their money.

這就是為什麼聰明人總是會投資他們的錢。

Because they don't want to lose their money to inflation.

因為他們不想讓錢被通膨給吃掉。

And that's why if you haven't started yet, of course, join the investing academy.

所以如果你還沒開始，當然要加入投資學院。

So the same thing is being done by all these nations that are keeping a lot of US Dollars.

所以這些持有大量美元的國家，也做了同樣的事情。

Where are you going to invest hundreds of billions of dollars of US Dollars?

你要把數千億美元拿去投資哪裡呢？

You can't just go to the stock market because the stock market is volatile.

你不能隨便跑去股市，因為股市很波動。

As a long term investor you go there, but

身為長期投資者，你會去那裡，但是

you need that money every single day to pay for that oil.

你每天都需要這些錢來支付石油。

So you are going to go and loan that money to the United States government by buying U.S.

所以你會去買美國的債券，把錢借給美國政府。

U.S. treasury market is the world's largest market.

美國國債市場是全球最大的市場。

Because all these nations, they need to keep stockpile of US Dollars to buy oil.

因為這些國家都需要儲備美元來購買石油。

But because they are going to lose that money to inflation, they will loan it to the US Government in form of debts.

但因為這些錢會因為通膨而貶值，他們就會以債務的形式借給美國政府。

Because they will be receiving interest by loaning that money to the US Government, the US Government will take that money and it will be spending that money on the United States.

因為他們把錢借給美國政府可以收到利息，美國政府就會拿這些錢去花在美國。

Every dollar that is spent on the economy is someone's income.

經濟上的每一塊錢都是別人的收入。

So let's say you go to a restaurant and you treat yourself with a very nice meal for a hundred bucks.

所以假設你去餐廳，花了一百塊美金好好吃一頓。

That 100 bucks went to the owner of that restaurant.

這一百塊美金就到了餐廳老闆手上。

Now he takes that money and pays the waiter.

那他就會拿這筆錢去付給服務生。

The waiter takes that money and let's say he gets flour for his wife.

服務生再拿這筆錢，假設他去買麵粉給他太太。

So that money circulates within the entire economy and the economy grows faster.

所以這筆錢就在整個經濟體系裡流通，經濟就會成長得更快。

So the more the US Government spends on the that money on the US economy, the faster the US Economy grows and the more the US Economy can maintain the world's largest military.

所以美國政府在美國經濟上花的錢越多，美國經濟成長就越快，美國經濟就能維持世界第一的軍事力量。

And that is the main reason why the United States has the world's largest gdp.

這也是為什麼美國擁有世界第一大 GDP 的主要原因。

Because there is so much demand for the US Dollar, which means everybody wants to loan their money to the US Government.

因為對美元的需求非常大，這代表每個人都想借錢給美國政府。

The US Government spends that money and that's why it turns into this never end cycle that the US Economy keeps growing.

美國政府花了這些錢，這就是為什麼它會變成一個永無止境的循環，讓美國經濟不斷成長。

Now since the US Economy have grown larger, the US economy pays interest to these nations because they're holding US Debt.

既然美國經濟已經擴大了，美國經濟就會支付利息給這些國家，因為他們持有美國債務。

Now what do you think these countries will do with that interest payments they have received from the US Government?

你覺得這些國家會怎麼處理他們從美國政府收到的這些利息呢？

So because they need oil, they need a stockpile of US Dollars.

所以因為他們需要石油，他們就需要儲備美元。

Because they need so much US Dollars to pay for that oil.

因為他們需要大量的美元來支付石油費用。

And because there is inflation that will crush their US Dollars value, the they will Buy more US debt.

而且因為通貨膨脹會嚴重損害美元的價值，他們就會購買更多美國債務。

So essentially the entire economy turns because of this petrodollar loop, into a loop where money keeps coming to the United States and invested in the United States.

所以基本上，整個經濟就因為這個石油美元循環，變成了一個金錢不斷流入美國並投資於美國的循環。

And the US Economy keeps growing and growing and growing.

美國經濟也是以不斷成長、成長、再成長。

So essentially the United States, with the help of Middle east or by controlling the Middle Eastern oil, has created a scenario where all the wealth in the world will be coming to the United States.

所以基本上，美國透過中東國家，或是控制中東的石油，創造了一個讓全世界的財富都流入美國的局面。

And for them to get oil, they need US Dollars.

而他們要取得石油，就需要美元。

This is the perfect strategy to build the world's greatest economy.

這就是打造世界最偉大經濟體的完美策略。

And that's why the United States is not afraid to borrow as much money as they want.

這也是為什麼美國一點也不怕想借多少錢就借多少錢。

The United States itself is one of the largest oil producers in the world and Middle east as well.

美國本身就是全球最大的石油生產國之一，中東也是。

So together they account for 60% of the global oil.

所以加起來，他們就佔了全球石油的60%。

There are countries such as Russia that can easily sell their oil in non US Dollars.

有些國家，像是俄羅斯，可以輕易地用非美元來賣他們的石油。

There is Venezuela and there are other nations, right?

還有委內瑞拉，以及其他國家，對吧？

So if you want to, if you want the world to buy oil exclusively in US dollars, you don't have to go and start a nuclear war with Russia.

所以如果你想，如果你希望全世界都只用美元買石油，你不需要去跟俄羅斯發動核戰。

All you have to do is to ensure that the global oil prices are set in US dollars.

你只需要確保全球石油價格是以美元計價就行了。

And the way you do that is by ensuring that most of the oil globally is being sold in US dollars.

而做到這點的方法，就是確保全球大部分的石油都以美元計價販售。

So if 60% of oil is being sold in US dollars, that sets the global benchmark.

所以如果 60% 的石油是以美元販售，這就設定了全球的基準。

So nations such as Russia that might not like to sell their oil in US Dollars will have to follow along.

這樣一來，像俄羅斯這種可能不喜歡用美元販售石油的國家，就得跟著照辦。

Because every single time they will be converting currencies from US Dollars to their own currencies or to different currencies, they will be losing money.

因為他們每次將美元兌換成自己的貨幣或其他貨幣時，都會損失金錢。

So even though that Russia might not want to sell its oil, for example, in US dollars, now it is in their interest to sell oil in US Dollars because the United States alongside with Middle east have set the global benchmark in US Do.

所以即使俄羅斯可能不想用美元販售石油，現在他們也有興趣用美元販售，因為美國和中東國家一起設定了美元計價的全球基準。

And that's why if you look at oil prices, we always track oil prices exclusively in US Dollars.

這也是為什麼我們看油價時，總是隻追蹤以美元計價的油價。

Since the United States is the global reserve currency or why the US Dollar is the global reserve currency.

因為美元是全球的儲備貨幣，或者說，為什麼美元是全球儲備貨幣。

So if you're a central bank in India or China or the uk, which currency are you going to hold as a reserve currency?

所以如果你是印度、中國或英國的中央銀行，你會持有哪個國家的貨幣作為儲備貨幣？

A currency of a nation that is not backed by anything or the US Dollar that can always be converted into oil and your economy always needs oil, of course you are going to keep US Dollars.

一個沒有任何東西支撐的國家貨幣，還是美元，而美元可以隨時兌換成石油，而且你的經濟體總是需要石油，你當然會持有美元。

Do you see how petrodollar is the reason why the dollar is the global reserve currency?

你看，petrodollar 就是美元成為全球儲備貨幣的原因，對吧？

And that is why the United States can maintain a 40 trillion dollar debt.

這也是為什麼美國可以維持 40 兆美元的債務。

Now an average person would look at all of this and is like, wait a second.

現在，一般人看到這些，就會想：「等一下。」

If the United States has so much debt and we know mathematically like we can do the math, we know that the United States will never pay off its debts, why aren't these countries selling the US Debt?

如果美國有這麼多債務，而且我們數學上知道，美國永遠不可能還清債務，為什麼這些國家不賣掉美國國債？

Why the world keeps loaning money to the US Government?

為什麼全世界還是持續借錢給美國政府？

Because the world understands that the dollars can always be converted to oil and we always need oil.

因為全世界都知道，美元隨時都能換成石油，而且我們總是需要石油。

So because we always need oil and the world needs oil.

所以，因為我們總是需要石油，全世界也需要石油。

The US Dollar is backed by a real commodity that the world needs and the world is competing to buy more dollars.

美元有全世界需要的真實商品作為後盾，而且全世界都在競爭購買更多美元。

So right now, Japan, China, South Korea, European nations, whatever other nations are all competing to buy dollars.

所以現在，日本、中國、韓國、歐洲國家，還有其他國家，都在競爭購買美元。

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如果你不懂「石油美元」，你就搞不懂美伊戰爭！ (If You Don't Understand the Petrodollar, You Don't Understand US-Iran War)

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