Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by gridlockd on Monday April 20, 2020 @04:08PM
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Great answer! Now let's forget about storing to sell later at a profit, at negative 37$, can't you just burn it for a profit?
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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by bmelton on Monday April 20, 2020 @04:45PM
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Assuming you can transport a 100+ pound liquid filled drum to a disposal facility that meets federal guidelines for less than that cost, and don't care about the environment, absolutely... but the real trick here is in knowing that the people who are already using oil and have the capacity to store it ... are... so other than just burning it, for a couple hundred million, you could probably supplant your stationary oil consumption with a non-petroleum alternative.
It is ironically the portability of oil-refined products (gasoline, diesel) that makes it so appealing for things that aren't stationary -- planes, cars, etc.