by PenultimateManStanding » Thu 23 Nov 2006, 13:30:18
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')The US won the first part of the cold war by influencing Saudi Arabia to folod the markets with cheap oil , which resulted in the Russian economy to collapse. But , Russia could win part two of the cold war by changing the current oil markets and how they are structured which greatly benefits the US. If they keep promoting bi-lateral selling of oil, instead of the current global selling, this could be catastraphic to the US and the petro dollar. This is their current plan.
right, except that the gist of the article seems to be that it was the fungible market, not Saudi Arabia, that caused the market prices to fall. Don't forget that the North Sea and Akaska came online in the 80s as well. Apparently, it's a good global supply picture that makes for the fungible open market scheme to work. Scarcity will work better for the direct long-term contract scenario; that's the picture that emerges from this thought provoking article.