Re:Power Worth Less Than Zero Spreads as Green Energy Floods...
by sandworm101 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @05:28PM
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In the oil market, stabilization of price occurs only because a handful of countries (really just Saudi Arabia) maintain extra capacity. They don't run their capital assets at 100%. This is where capitalism fails. You need one absolute authority, some autocrat who doesn't care that their processing plant isn't running at 100%, who is able to react instantly without making new capital improvements. This is the place for a state-owned market participant, either on the supply or consumption side.
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Re:Power Worth Less Than Zero Spreads as Green Energy Floods...
by lovemenot on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @06:56PM
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This idea may be outdated. USA has been considerably undermining Saudi's traditional role of swing producer.
Not through their centralised market control, but by having many intensely capitalistic shale operations, each with profitable capacity at a different price-point. Each one quickly toggles on/off when the market price crosses its own threshold.
Re:Power Worth Less Than Zero Spreads as Green Energy Floods...
by prostoalex on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @06:46PM
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Stabilization? https://www.nasdaq.com/markets/crude-oil.aspx?timeframe=10y
Re:Power Worth Less Than Zero Spreads as Green Energy Floods...
by notatoad on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @07:02PM
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just because there is fluctuation, doesn't mean there's nothing stabilizing it.