Minimize wear based on what measure? People flood their chains with oil because that's what their Daddies did or because they are under the mistaken impression that if the chain isn't dripping oil, it's not lubricated. All that having oil dripping off your chain accomplishes is to make you clean your chain, bike and self much more often which takes away from actually riding a bike. It doesn't make the chain last longer than other chain lubes.

I get just as much wear out of my chains that aren't an oily mess as any of you using messy oil does. And I don't apply them any more often than many of you do. After reading dozens of these interminable "chain lube threads" on the Bike Forums, I probably apply my dry lube less often than oil people do. I certainly spend a lot less time and effort on keeping my bike clean.