That's right, the most needed resource today is crude oil. dubai is one of the largest oil producers today and it is very influential for the people's economy. we can see that from the large projects that are often built in dubai and the vehicles that are mostly used by the people there. Whoever controls oil will rule the world.
Its true that oil mostly run the world since most of machinery and autoindustry still using oil. Dubai grab the opportunity of being the oil capital in the world that drastically change their country but they also know oil is not permanent time comes it all exhausted, i think if most country change their view on how to care planet earth then oil will not as much important. By changing to renewable energy and converting auto industry to use electric then we have a brighter future on this planet.