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i think its a bit different b/c ethereum is supposedly useful as the 'fuel that allows apps to utilize the concept of a blockchain' in apps.

i suppose the idea is that it 'burns' ethereum to run an app on top of it, so I can see a scenario where ethereum becomes too expensive and businesses that use decide to move to a different fork that is less expensive.

I guess the oil analogy works then -- it gets too expensive and alternatives are found. However, its just a matter of forking the codebase and starting another one...kind of like stellar did with ripple.