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Blackstone CEO predicts the energy crisis will worsen inflation and prompt social unrest
https://www.msn.com ^ | 10/27/2021 | Huileng Tan

Posted on 10/27/2021 11:34:26 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

The energy shortage is severe enough that it could cause a lot of unhappiness and social unrest, said Blackstone CEO, Stephen Schwarzman. Benchmark US oil futures are around $85 a barrel after surging about 75% year-to-date. Oil could rise to $100 a barrel, said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.

The global energy crisis is severe enough that it could fuel social unrest, said the CEO of asset management company Blackstone on Monday.

Stephen Schwarzman was speaking at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia.

Schwarzman, who is also co-founder of the investment firm, said: "We're going to end up with a real shortage of energy. And when you have a shortage, it's just going to cost more and it's probably going to cost a lot more," as reported by Bloomberg and CNN.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackstone; economy; energy; gas; green; larryfink; oil; opec; scam; socialunrest; stephenschwarzman


1 posted on 10/27/2021 11:34:26 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

This is all by plan. “Russians don’t take a dump, son, without a plan...”


2 posted on 10/27/2021 11:38:14 AM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

when people can’t pay the rent, the heat bill and food bill with their wages.. they will likely get very upset.


3 posted on 10/27/2021 11:38:20 AM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
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To: cableguymn

Normally I think contacting Congress-critters is useless, but if someone is in dire financial straights due to Democratic policies, it would be productive for constituents in Democratic districts to politely let their Democratic congress-critter know about it....


4 posted on 10/27/2021 11:41:02 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Gee, Mr. Schwarzman speaking about $100/barrel oil while giving a speech in Saudi Arabia.

I bet he got a standing ovation!


5 posted on 10/27/2021 11:46:59 AM PDT by twoputt
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To: RomanSoldier19

America’s oligarchs know that oil and gas are absolutely essential to the world economy, and that demand will grow, not fall.

They are using government and social coercion on ESG/Climate Change to attack, devalue and break up the largest oil majors.

They will then privatize them.

Think Russia in the early 1990s.


6 posted on 10/27/2021 11:49:51 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: twoputt

No drilling in ANWR. Cancel Keystone Pipeline.
Cancel offshore drilling permits
Make onshore drilling permits impossible to get
OPEC curtails output.

WOW, who could have predicted $100/barrel oil?
These Blackrock guys are geniuses

All part of the plan. Lets get another 20 million people to buy electric cars.


7 posted on 10/27/2021 11:52:35 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: RomanSoldier19

Since along with Vangard, Blackrock basically owns the world, I guess they would know.

Cute how they act like disinterested bystanders.


8 posted on 10/27/2021 11:54:30 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: cgbg

“...dire financial straights due to Democratic policies...”

This is exactly what Dims want! Dims to the rescue with gov programs...


9 posted on 10/27/2021 11:58:16 AM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: RomanSoldier19
We already have a severe shortage of energy.

I could use plenty more than I do, but its not free and the price is too dam high.


10 posted on 10/27/2021 12:00:29 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: devane617
Did you pick this because of a certain actor in the scene? :)


11 posted on 10/27/2021 12:01:11 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: DesertRhino
Ummm. The CEO in question is from Back stone, not Black rock.
12 posted on 10/27/2021 12:03:34 PM PDT by Sir_Humphrey ( I wiIl not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!i)
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To: DesertRhino
I would think that the nations largest landlord would be little concerned that social unrest may have a negative impact on their rental income.
https://strangesounds.org/2021/07/blackrock-is-buying-up-us-homes-like-no-tomorrow-real-estate-market-housing.html
From the link.
Blackstone is the largest landlord in the U.S. as well as the largest real estate company worldwide, with a portfolio worth $325 billion. In June 2021, Blackstone agreed to buy Home Partners of America, a company that rents single-family houses, and its 17,000 houses, for $6 billion.
Blackstone and BlackRock sound alike for a reason
13 posted on 10/27/2021 12:06:25 PM PDT by radmanptn
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To: cableguymn

the solution? more govt spending and control

when your energy equals your mtg/rent most wont be able to pay

here comes FEDGOV to the rescue with subsidies. now everyone is on welfare

govt solution to govt created problem


14 posted on 10/27/2021 12:11:22 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: PGR88

15 posted on 10/27/2021 12:31:52 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Oil could rise to $100 a barrel, said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.

The Fink is a king.

16 posted on 10/27/2021 12:51:23 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: radmanptn

https://rumble.com/vn7lf5-monopoly-who-owns-the-world-must-see.html

BlackRock is way more than real estate. They are major stockholders of almost everything. It’s absurd for them to pretend to be mere observers.


17 posted on 10/27/2021 12:54:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: woodbutcher1963
All part of the plan. Lets get another 20 million people to buy electric cars.

All made using fossil fuels; especially the batteries that have to be replaced every 6-10 years at a cost equal or nearly equal to the cars value. Some real fart smellers involved in that math.

18 posted on 10/27/2021 1:59:59 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is a mental illness wrapped in a perverse ideology resulting in insanity. FJB)
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To: RomanSoldier19

FReepers wishing to read the original article without a trip through msnland, and all that implies, can find it here:

https://www.businessinsider.com/energy-crisis-worsens-inflation-prompts-social-unrest-blackstone-ceo-2021-10


19 posted on 10/27/2021 3:08:55 PM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed, the more evidence I see supporting my decision. Psalm 144:5-8)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Is that a threat, a warning or announcement of da plan?


20 posted on 10/27/2021 3:45:18 PM PDT by Pollard (PureBlood)
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