An energy Black Swan?
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Throughout history, the development of energy sources has been littered with unpredictable turns, many resulting in significant financial and human losses. In 2007, Nassim Nicholas Taleb used the metaphor of a ‘black swan’ to describe high impact events thought to be so unlikely they were considered impossible, until they happened. We look at the future of energy and whether?another black swan event might be brewing.
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