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Why High Oil Prices Are Now Affecting Europe More Than the US

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

The world is presently sharing a limited supply of oil. When oil prices rise, oil production doesn’t rise very much, if at all. The issues then become: Which buyers get the oil? What uses get priced out of the market? … Continue reading →

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Posted in Financial Implications | Tagged Brent, debt defaults, diesel, Europe, Eurozone, fossil fuel, gasoline, imported oil, natural gas, oil, oil prices, peak oil, petroleum, recession, West Texas Intermediate, WTI | 75 Comments
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