• DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      Funnier Fact: they had to stack all those barrels behind the corporation’s building until they could sell them all.

      ::I made this up::

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          7 months ago

          The roller coaster was invented during the Hundred Years’ War as a way of launching supplies across rivers.

          Disclaimer: I’m stealing these fake fun facts from other people.

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        7 months ago

        Actually a oil future is basically a promise to make oil for a certain price. There are also are vegetable futures

        That means the oil wasn’t produced yet

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            7 months ago

            But I do remember a story (on daily wtf) where a lady bought coal futures and somehow forgot or didn’t manage to sell, and a coal barge turned up in the river behind her office!

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          7 months ago

          Also, Crude Barrels have a shelf life so you definitely wouldn’t store them like that for any extended period of time.

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            7 months ago

            A future means that they will be created at some point in the future. Basically its an agreement to buy for a certain price in the future regardless of what the markets are doing.

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              7 months ago

              Yes you said exactly that in the comment I replied to, I never argued against it I was just adding onto it. We both were talking about how unrealistic the comment further above yours was.