Real Vision: Finance & Investing
Rick Rule: The Energy and Commodities Angle ft. Tracy Shuchart
Oct 8, 2023
Rick Rule, President and CEO of Rule Investment Media, and Tracy Shuchart, CEO and founder of Hilltower Resource Advisors, delve into the macro implications and outlook for energy and commodities. They discuss topics such as inflation rates, labor shortages, investing in commercial real estate, peak oil's impact on the oil and gas industry, potential revival of the natural gas industry, demand for natural gas, coal, and uranium, challenges in energy production, and the macroeconomic perspective of energy and materials.
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Quick takeaways
- Peak oil demand by 2030 is unrealistic and oil will remain a vital resource for the foreseeable future.
- Underinvestment in natural resource production and energy distribution infrastructure could lead to supply shocks in the next few years.
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The Challenge of Reaching Peak Oil Demand by 2030
The podcast explores the notion of peak oil demand and discusses how it is unlikely to be achieved by 2030. The EIA forecasts oil demand growth to be around 3 million barrels per day until 2030. This projection contradicts previous decades where oil demand grew by 6 million barrels per year. The podcast highlights that emerging markets, which make up a significant portion of the global population, will continue to rely on fossil fuels for energy and industrial production. Therefore, the perceived peak oil demand by 2030 is unrealistic, and oil will remain a vital resource for the foreseeable future.
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