Quote of the day: “The real problem of humanity is this: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.” E.O Wilson

Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Return of the Lakshmi & a Map of the Future

Delighted to say that Lakshmi Sreekumar returns to Happy Hour this week Thursday at 4pm. She is quite the character, I just had a great chat with her. She is retiring from Capital One but not oil analysis. You may have noticed she popped up about a month ago on X.com and rocketed to 10k followers. Register for what will be a fun chat on Thursday: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-lakshmi-sreekumar-managing-director-commodity-derivatives-capital-one-securities-interest-form/ Source: Dallas Fed Every Sunday after I have

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Don’t Shoot Until You See the Whites of their Socks

Greetings, Fall is upon us, no question. The temperature has plummeted, the leaves are dry, the Halloween decorations are out. The autumn sun slants across the streets. We turned the heating on for the co-op yesterday, against a guideline start date of 1st October, per co-op rules. Super-El Nino is expected to be a warmer, wetter, and more volatile winter, and that is playing out right now. This week earnings: “Valero has not missed a

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