robkelk Wrote:The day oil was worth less than $0 — and nobody wanted it
tl;dr: There's so much oil available because of self-isolation that the producers can't even pay people to take it off their hands.
^ That's not exactly what happened as Russia and Saudi Arabia got in a price war on March 8 over Russia's refusal to go along with OPEC production cuts, and then Mexico didn't want to sign the eventual deal. And then the pandemic got started in earnest; demand dropped suddenly. They've since settled, but there's a huge glut in the market. It's not that the oil is worthless, it's just that having a place to store the toxic sludge is worth more than the crude oil itself right now. Thus negative prices.
Anyway, U.S. poison control centers would like to remind you that you do not need to sanitize your vegetables for coronavirus with bleach and vinegar, nor is hand sanitizer a consumable item. However, taking enough acetaminophen and whiskey together is a quick way to reduce your coronavirus fever down to the ambient temperature of the environment, permanently.
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