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How much of a threat to oil interests are electric cars?

How much of a threat to oil interests are electric cars?

Written by on December 6, 2016 in Features with 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) – Many carmakers are predicting a significant shift to electric vehicles in the next decade. Advances in battery technology and the growth of autonomous driving and ride sharing – suited to electric vehicles – will power this expansion, they reason. But some oil executives take a different view, predicting electricity will play only […]

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Data was the new oil but is the heading the way of old oil

Data was the new oil but is the heading the way of old oil

Written by on March 29, 2016 in Opinion with 3 Comments

It wasn’t so long ago we were talking about data being the new oil. But today, just like oil, its value is diminishing rapidly. Like oil, over-supply will be the cause of big data’s demise, and as more and more people stop filling and using those vast data stores, their value will plummet as well. Well, […]

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