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Power Struggle: How the Energy Market Could Shift in 2016 – Bloomberg Business

Power Struggle: How the Energy Market Could Shift in 2016 – Bloomberg Business:

Wow. Absolutely perfect assessment of the energy world, past and future.

With pretty graphics to go along with the trends in energy.

So what will be the energy source(s) of the future.

The one thing for sure, is that it won’t be coal. As the rest of the world gets out of coal, so will the 2.3B people in China and India. They simply can’t afford the pollution and health costs that come free with cheap coal.

The assessment seems puts energy into perspective, and indicates how a clear transition from one form to another (wood to coal, and coal to oil) might not be what we can expect to look forward to in the future.

Don’t want to ruin the ending, you will have to watch all 3 minutes of the video to find out what to expect in the energy world.

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