苹果的市值已经超过多家石油巨头的总和
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="sector">sector</span>, <span word="once">once</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="combined">combined</span> $3 <span word="trillion">trillion</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Apple">Apple</span>’<span word="s">s</span> $1.5 <span word="trillion">trillion</span> <span word="market">market</span> <span word="capitalization">capitalization</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Cupertino">Cupertino</span>, <span word="California">California</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="purchase">purchase</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="firm">firm</span>, <span word="ExxonMobil">ExxonMobil</span>, <span word="for">for</span> $198 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cash">cash</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spare">spare</span>.</p><p>曾经，石油天然气行业总价值为3万亿美元，但现在却低于苹果1.5万亿美元的市值。这家位于加利福尼亚州库比蒂诺的技术公司如果愿意，它可以收购全球市值最高的私人石油天然气公司埃克森美孚公司，还能剩1980亿美元。</p><p><span word="That">That</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="quite">quite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reversal">reversal</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fortunes">fortunes</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="gas">gas</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="delivered">delivered</span> <span word="consistent">consistent</span> <span word="returns">returns</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Wall">Wall</span> <span word="Street">Street</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="lucrative">lucrative</span> <span word="dividends">dividends</span>, <span word="around">around</span> 6% <span word="at">at</span> <span word="leading">leading</span> <span word="firms">firms</span>, <span word="gave">gave</span> <span word="investors">investors</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="stick">stick</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="stocks">stocks</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="darkening">darkening</span> <span word="outlook">outlook</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="looming">looming</span> <span word="threat">threat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="policies">policies</span>. <span word="With">With</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="hovering">hovering</span> <span word="around">around</span> $60 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="barrel">barrel</span>, <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="phase">phase</span> <span word="investors">investors</span>.</p><p>真是命运轮回。石油天然气公司多年来持续为华尔街带来收入。约占龙头企业利润6%的丰厚红利让投资者在前景黯淡和气候政策会造成威胁的情况下，仍坚持投资股票。稳定在60美元每桶的石油价格似乎牢牢抓住了投资者。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2016, <span word="fracking">fracking</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="taps">taps</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="shale">shale</span> <span word="oil">oil</span>. <span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coronavirus">coronavirus</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="crushed">crushed</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Saudia">Saudia</span> <span word="Arabia">Arabia</span> <span word="flooded">flooded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span> <span word="oil">oil</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="drove">drove</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="benchmark">benchmark</span> <span word="crude">crude</span>, <span word="briefly">briefly</span>, <span word="into">into</span> <span word="negative">negative</span> <span word="territory">territory</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="hovers">hovers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="about">about</span> $40 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="barrel">barrel</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="destined">destined</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stick">stick</span>.</p>
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