KaiserJeep wrote:M. King Hubbard called these times the "jagged peaks", the ebb and flow of oil supply and demand, and the associated pricing for crude, following the actual oil peak.
KaiserJeep wrote: The conventional oil wells peaked in 2nd quarter 2008, less the modern tech that squeezes out much of the remaining oil.
Plantagenet wrote:Hubbert never thought unconventional oil would amount to much. He was wrong on that.
Plantagenet wrote:Nobody saw this coming when the oil biz was booming just a couple of years ago.
AgentR11 wrote:Plantagenet wrote:Nobody saw this coming when the oil biz was booming just a couple of years ago.
You're kidding right? Only idiot, newbie investors didn't see this coming.
Hawkcreek wrote:I remember years ago when oil prices would drop. The production and exploration workers would be hurting, but jobs would ramp up in the petro-chemical industry because their feed stock would get cheaper. It isn't that way any more. The world wide depression is slowing the purchase of almost everything, and cheap feed stocks won't push plastic toys out the door any more.
Starting to get interesting.
ROCKMAN wrote:Searcher - Good observations as usually. But still have to tease you: "I'm NOT saying global society isn't in trouble if things don't change." There is no "global society": there are different societies around the world. Some that are doing OK and others that are in the toilet. LOL.
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