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CL directional thesis

Chamath argues electrification and energy storage are structurally shrinking the surface area where oil is useful, a slow melt lower rather than a crash. He explicitly puts a number on it: oil more likely to hit $45 than $65 per barrel.

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“I think a very poor performing asset will be hydrocarbons. I just think that the trend in oil is inexorable and it's down... does it see $65 or $45 and I would say on a per barrel basis and I think it's more likely to see 45 than 65.”
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