• poVoq
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    01 year ago

    Yes I can see that you are “not aware”. Maybe try to look outside of your media bubble a bit?

    I am not saying everything is going great, quite the contrary. But high gas prices will not be the major issue, as depressed demand will ensure prices stay relatively low.

    As for an serious analysis, maybe look at this.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      21 year ago

      Yes I can see that you are “not aware”. Maybe try to look outside of your media bubble a bit?

      I look at the liberal media bubble all the time, I don’t find it to be terrible convincing.

      But high gas prices will not be the major issue, as depressed demand will ensure prices stay relatively low.

      You do realize that depressed demand is a sign of reduced economic activity otherwise known as a recession?

      However, as I’ve repeatedly noted in this thread and you’ve repeatedly ignored, the reason European demand is low is largely a factor of Europe having stocked up the reserves using Russian pipeline gas while it was available. Surely even you can understand that refilling these reserves will drive demand up.

      Your own link is saying precisely what I’m telling you:

      We still expect that there will be no Russian gas flowing into the EU in 2023. Europe will be more reliant on LNG supplies and face competition from Asian buyers.

      • EU will not be able to rely on Russian gas in 2023 and will be stuck buying LNG from US
      • Increased economic activity in Asia driven by China reopening will increase LNG prices

      However, warm weather, a reduction in European demand, primarily due to lower consumption by industrial users, and continuing vast LNG supplies to Europe led to spot prices declining from their peaks, despite modest increases once winter started.

      LNG prices declined from their peaks, but remain vastly more expensive than pipeline gas as well as being volatile. The article admits this:

      We have therefore cut our near-term assumptions for European gas prices, although they will remain high compared to historical averages and highly volatile.

      The article also dances around the elephant in the room which is what happens when gas reserves run out, which is projected to happen in spring to summer this year. It indirectly alludes to the fact that Europe will be forced to buy LNG, but doesn’t delve into implications of that statement. One particular problem it avoids discussing is how the LNG will be stored given that you can’t reuse storage facilities for pipeline gas for it.

      Finally, the predictions about oil are also far less optimistic when you look at them closely:

      Oil market supply will be affected by declining Russian exports, including due to an EU embargo on imports from the country (with a few countries exempted), slower US shale production growth, and a potential revival of the Iranian nuclear deal that could unlock more oil exports, although the likelihood of this has reduced following the violent crackdown on protests in the country.

      What this says is that global oil output is expected to shrink, and there is much uncertainty around oil prices in the near future. The article doesn’t even mention the fact that US is rapidly draining its strategic reserve right now, and will lose the ability to stabilize prices once it’s depleted.

      Seems that your upbeat outlook may stem from your poor reading comprehension rather than your sources contradicting what I’m telling you.

      • poVoq
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        1 year ago

        You need to work on your reading comprehension skills, both for what I write and what is clearly forecasted in the study I linked. I have the strong impression you only skimmed that study and didn’t actually understand what the forecast tells.

        I have no “upbeat” outlook, how many times do I need to repeat that?

        It is simply that the story is a bit more complex than right-wing propaganda outlets want to make you believe.

        Edit: and yes the “liberal media bubble” as you call it is usually equally uninformed, but at least they don’t try to push a political agenda by fearmongering with absurd numbers they pull out of their ass apparently.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          I’ve addressed your link point by point in my previous comment. I have the strong impression that you didn’t actually read it or understand it.

          I have no “upbeat” outlook, how many times do I need to repeat that?

          You keep contradicting yourself. You said:

          As it currently does not look like there will be a deep recession in 2023

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          Long term gas futures are lower than pre-war prices meaning the market expects the gas prices to stay relatively cheap in the years to come.

          That’s a pretty upbeat outlook given that neither of these things are likely scenarios.

          It is simply that the story is a bit more complex than right-wing propaganda outlets want to make you believe.

          Your own outlet says precisely what I’m saying. I’ve even took the time to break down the points it makes for you in the prior reply. You keep using a logical fallacy as aan argument here. Instead of addressing on the points being made, you simply use ad hominem to dismiss them.

          Edit: and yes the “liberal media bubble” as you call it is usually equally uninformed, but at least they don’t try to push a political agenda by fearmongering with absurd numbers they pull out of their ass apparently.

          Liberal outlets have an agenda of pretending that the economic war with Russia is not having a significant impact on western economies. And the fact that you don’t understand that is frankly astonishing.

          • poVoq
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            -11 year ago

            Seriously, try to understand the study I linked, especially the table with the price forecast. Of course it does not claim everything is great and neither do I, but your interpretation of the facts is so far from reality that I am starting to question your mental health…

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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              Seriously, try to understand the breakdown of what the study actually says that I gave you above.

              Of course it does not claim everything is great and neither do I, but your interpretation of the facts is so far from reality that I am starting to question your mental health…

              So far, you’ve failed to provide any counterpoints to anything I said, and now you’re just slinging insults. Good news is that we’ll soon know which one of us is living in a fantasy land and should be worried for their mental health.