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> this is going to destroy world economy on every angle

Oil prices were around $100 for a lot of the early 2010s. It's been three weeks. Calm down.



Even at $100 oil is the cheapest it's ever been historically. OPEC nations don't measure inflation in terms of U.S. CPI. They use gold as their benchmark. In 1969 a barrel of oil was worth $400 in today's money. What's incredible is even with the recent price rally, you can still buy oil at $71/barrel if you're willing to wait a few years to get your oil, due to the extreme backwardation of oil futures. That's an 82% discount over the historical norm. Also in real terms oil was worth about $500/barrel in the 2000s.


Its going to get a *lot* worse.


If that was known for certain it would be priced in already.


It's known for certain yet still not priced in already. You can study why later.




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