Tesla to cut thousands of jobs as Elon Musk warns the ‘road ahead is very difficult’

captain morgan

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That’s better.

To summarize, oil won’t have value anytime soon due to demand and production status quo.

I, like you and unlike Hoid agree that the value will rebound in two or three years.


I'll add that an additional factor that will keep prices lower is the amount of crude in storage at this point... There were a lot of traders, banks and others that bought up cheap oil with the idea of hanging onto it for a short time and flipping it at a quick profit... i suspect that many of them will take a bath on the strategy.


As far as oil (in general goes), it will remain until such time that greater efficiencies in ICE engines are developed and/or readily available sources of renewable energy to replace hydrocarbons is the norm... However, there will be a time lag (significant in my opinion) between these advances in addition to the needed upgrades to the electricity generation and transmission systems that will have to be the foundation to any real changes
 

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Re the value of oil rebounding -

The price of oil has very little to do with whatever intrinsic value it may have. As we have seen a bad headline can destroy its value. It's a stupid thing to try to base a global economy on.
 

Avro52

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Re the value of oil rebounding -
The price of oil has very little to do with whatever intrinsic value it may have. As we have seen a bad headline can destroy its value. It's a stupid thing to try to base a global economy on.

It’s stupid to base an economy on any one thing. On that I agree.
 

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Musk really called the government of California's bluff.




I am reopening my auto plant


Oh no you aren't. We'll tell you when you can open.



I'll move the plant to Texas or Nevada then


Ok, you can open.
 

captain morgan

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There are few examples of national economies that are completely based on 1 sector or industry, but do bear in mind that once you apply that metric to all sectors, you'll find that many nations, especially smaller ones, are almost forced to base their economy 1 or 2 sectors.

Fishing and tourism really come to mind as 2 examples