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news:cf7bc94e-9a2e-48da-95ef-899768207f7e@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com:
> Fra Bloomberg news:
>
> "Barclays Raises 2008 Crude Oil Forecast to $116.90 (Update2)
>
> By Christian Schmollinger and Sophie Tan
>
> May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Barclays Capital raised its forecast for U.S.
> crude oil prices this year by 16 percent, citing stronger demand from
> China and the Middle East and declines in production at non-OPEC
> countries.
>
> Barclays increased its average estimate for West Texas Intermediate,
> the physical grade for oil futures traded on the New York Mercantile
> Exchange, to $116.90 a barrel from its previous prediction of $100.80.
>
> ``Non-OPEC supply remains weak and continues to under perform
> dramatically relative to consensus expectations,'' Barclays said in a
> May 7 report, led by commodity research analyst Paul Horsnell.
>
> China, the world's fastest-growing major economy, has more than
> doubled oil use since New York crude dropped to this decade's low of
> $16.70 a barrel on Nov. 19, 2001. Record prices have failed to stem
> rising consumption in developing nations.
>
> Crude futures for June delivery in New York rose $1.69, or 1.4
> percent, to settle at $123.53 a barrel yesterday, the highest close
> since trading began in 1983, on signs that the U.S. economy is
> improving and may spur energy demand.
>
> ``We are in a phase during which the nature of the fundamentals is
> being revealed by the ascent of prices,'' the report said.
>
> Supply Response
>
> The supply response from oil-producing nations outside of the
> Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has been weak, with
> Russia ``having been added to the already-significant list of supply
> disappointments,'' the report said.
>
> The drop in oil demand in the 30 developed nations, including the
> U.S., Japan and Germany, represented by Paris- based Organization for
> Economic Cooperation and Development ``has not been consistently large
> enough to bring global demand growth much below 1 million barrels a
> day,'' the report said.
>
> ``Non-OECD demand growth remains robust, most particularly China,
> Middle East and India,'' Horsnell said. ``The decline in OECD demand
> started in 2005 hasn't accelerated significantly.''
>
> Alternative energy sources aren't being developed fast enough to stop
> fossil fuel prices from going higher and Barclays estimates the new
> investment flow into commodity indexes during the first quarter is $2
> billion, which has gone mostly into agriculture and precious metals,
> not energy, the report said.
>
> ``Biofuels look set to be smashed against political rocks, oil sands
> lack scale and are being enveloped in carbon and other issues,'' the
> report said. ``There is no evidence for the price rise this year being
> due to speculation, exchange rates or flows of funds into
> commodities.''
>
> The push to increase biofuel usage as a means to reduce carbon
> emissions has driven prices for staple foods such as rice and wheat to
> records as farmers convert more land to grow palm and soy beans to
> benefit from government subsidies.
>
> Global food prices rose 57 percent in March from a year earlier,
> according to the United Nations. The World Bank says civil
> disturbances may be triggered by rising food prices in 33 countries.
> Rice, the food staple for half the world, has more than doubled in the
> past year. "
>
> jojo ... det finder markedet da lige en løsning på - eller også
> opfinder vi da lige en alternativ energiform (der ikke eksisterer),
> som kan tage over efter olien
>
> "We are in a phase during which the nature of the fundamentals is
> being revealed by the ascent of prices"'
>
> /Kim
Vi skal vist snart til at finde en anden type brændstof at køre på
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