"The twentieth century saw three long commodities bulls (1906–1923, 1933–1953, 1968–1982), each lasting an average of a little more than 17 years."
"The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) determines quotas based on each member nation’s oil reserves, thus providing an incentive to inflate their numbers."
"The twentieth century’s longest bull market in commodities began during the Great Depression in 1933 and grew even stronger during that period, a period that serves as the very standard for “hard times” in America. Economies all around the world suffered, yet commodity prices kept rising. And thirty"
"The geothermal energy potential in the top six miles of the earth’s crust is estimated to be equal to 50,000 times the energy of all known oil and gas resources in the world."