Ronald Bailey on How Low Oil Prices Can Go

The price of oil in global markets has plunged by nearly 45 percent over the past six months. As a result, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. dropped from $3.68 in June to $2.37 in late December. In June, the U.S. Energy Information Administration had projected that a gallon of gas would average $3.48 per gallon in the second half of 2014. What happened?, asks Ron Bailey. And where might oil prices go in the next two to five years?
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What happened?, asks Ron Bailey. And where might oil prices go in the next two to five years?
Did anyone answer?
What, you want an actual article with analysis and everything?
Would anyone have read it anyway?
Well......okay, no.
The Skwirl are getting stronger. They eat the articles and not just the comments now.
I blame Global Warming.
I blame Bush
I blame Bush...for Global Warming...
Ahhhh, having one's cake and eating it. too....
I'd blame your mother, but we're a bit late for that
Don't worry. These comments will be gone soon.
OT: Welp personal record - passed a SIX MILLIMETER kidney stone. Yep - DAMN that felt good! It's like getting cut open from the inside with about 100 knives. Super comfortable!
Kidney stones hurt so bad, I wouldn't wish them on Mary Stack. Well, maybe her, but none of the other trolls and griefers.
How that fucking thing made it from my right kidney to the screen - shaking my head.
Ouch!!!
SIX millimeters?!! Holy shit!
I know, right? I was pretty proud of myself when I saw that motherfucker.
I am once again glad I am not afflicted with that particular problem.
Pulled a reverse python eh?
Strong US Dollar + plentiful commodity = reversion to mean.
(same with gold)
oh, and
Good Morning Peanuts!
#TFT
Or we're just winning the economic special Olympics.
Watched an episode of Doomsday Preppers last night. Those are some nutty people.
10 yr USD chart is strong as death:
http://www.marketwatch.com/inv.....dxy/charts (put the decade in yourself)
It is the opposite of what Austrians predicted.
Palin's Buttplug|2.25.15 @ 9:21AM|#
I am a radical classic liberal Ayn Rand supporter. Atheist/secularist, pro-gun, pro-capitalist, pro-recreational drugs, pro-prostitution, pro-euthanasia, pro-immigrant, pro-science.
Explain to me again how you are, ahem, "pro-capitalist"?
You think our economy is in good shape, dipshit?
As the price of oil drops, there will be less exploration. This will lower supply which will cause the price to go back up. As the price goes back up and exploration becomes profitable, then there will be more drilling. This will raise supply which will cause the price to go back down again. And so on and so forth. It's basic economics.