Backed by oil I mean. It's not the same as being backed by oil.

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# Try trading Yen for oil. US dollars buy oil. So i can turn in my IOU dollars for a barrel of oil, a commodity. How is that materially different to a gold standard?

Saudi Arabia now accepts yuan for oil

Yen?

The US Dollar is unbacked fiat. It is not backed by anything.

# I beg to differ l