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Why Oil Prices CAN’T Rise Forever

Name: Why Oil Prices CAN’T Rise Forever
Uploaded: 2026-03-30T11:49:23+00:00
Duration: 1 min 3 s
Channel: Anthony Cheung
Description: In this brief presentation, the speaker explains that while current oil prices are high due to supply risk, prices cannot keep climbing indefinitely…

30 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief presentation, the speaker explains that while current oil prices are high due to supply risk, prices cannot keep climbing indefinitely because demand will fall when prices become unaffordable. The argument follows a simple supply‑demand framework: a reduction in supply raises prices, but if prices reach levels such as $200‑$500 per barrel, consumers and businesses will cut back, triggering a sharp economic recession. The recession then reduces energy demand, creating a natural counter‑balance that prevents prices from soaring endlessly.

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It basically means that price— this is the thing— the price of energy cannot just keep going up. So if you go, ah, it's going to hit $216, but then it'll hit $300, then it's going to be $500, then it's going to be $1,000— no. And the reason no is because there's two sides of the equation for the price of energy and the price of anything, and that is supply versus demand. Okay, and ultimately here, what we're talking about right now is a supply problem. We have supply risk, and there obviously the relationship with price is inverse. So if supply drops, or if the risk of supply drops, right, well then price goes up. That's where we're at. But what about the demand side? So at the moment we're assuming demand's going to stay constant, but if oil goes to $200, $300, $500, demand ain't gonna be constant because we won't be able to afford it anymore. So what it will do is it will drive a sharp recession. And that sharp economic recession will mean demand for energy drops, which then is a natural counterbalance to the supply dropping, right?