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CL directional thesis

China has been buying steadily to keep oil under $100. The tail risk Chamath flags: if its reserves run out and it needs ~3 million extra barrels a day on the open market, crude could rip to $150-200 and reignite inflation.

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“China has been smoothing the energy consumption globally, worldwide. And so we've kind of kept a damper on $200 a barrel oil. In fact, we're sub-$100.”
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