Such good news: "the current fossil fuel system runs at a loss, and will amass losses every year." The world's 8th largest bank, BNP Paribas, says: "The economics of renewables are impossible for oil to compete with when looked at over the cycle." Read their report. 1/https://twitter.com/GregorMacdonald/status/1158763843708805120 …
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"Extrapolating total expenditure on gasoline in 2018 for the next 25 years would see $25 trn spent on mobility...We estimate the cost of new renewables projects [able] to match the 2018 level of mobility provided by gasoline every year for the next 25 years at only $4.6-$5.2trn."
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Yup: “The economics of oil for gasoline and diesel vehicles versus wind- and solar-powered EVs are now in relentless and irreversible decline, with far-reaching implications for both policymakers and the oil majors.”
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Oil demand peaking in 2020s means a huge amount of money is at risk. The question is: when will financial markets wake up? Or as
@MCL1965 of banking giant BNP Paribas put it: "How much longer can Wile E Coyote keep walking out on thin air over the gulch before he looks down?"pic.twitter.com/irvegiVcbW
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On oil demand peaking in 2020s, watch this video from Kingsmill Bond of
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@arhobley explains the vast amount of money and value at risk due to demand for oil peaking in the 2020s:https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1163232637445521408 …Show this thread -
The largest bank in the Eurozone (8th largest in the world) has damning news for oil sector: "Oil is finished; EVs+renewables are 6x more cost-effective" Again, this is a *banking giant* talking. Report doesn't even consider climate or health benefits. https://chargedevs.com/newswire/major-bank-oil-is-finished-evsrenewables-are-6x-more-cost-effective/ …
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If I was an oil exec, I'd either be terrified OR continue proclaiming, "everything is fine!" to the great peril of shareholders and the world economy.
@MCL1965 reminds us of the billions lost in the European utility industry when demand for thermal electricity peaked in 2007:pic.twitter.com/uFsHvratiz
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Another example of billions lost when incumbents failed to see the reality in front of their face:
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Oil's days are numbered.
"The economics of new wind and solar projects combined with EVs are set to become irresistible."
"Renewable electricity has a short-run marginal cost of zero, is cleaner environmentally, could readily replace up to 40% of global oil demand."
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