When working with hard/physical assets, one needs no proof of anything. The existence of the asset is the proof. To me, there needs to be an effective counterb

When working with hard/physical assets, one needs no proof of anything. The existence of the asset is the proof. To me, there needs to be an effective counterbalance to the need for "proof" in the first place, otherwise we are simply prolonging the petrodollar's capability to exist in a world that is clearly quite ready to abandon it.