You'll have to forgive our obsession with weather and the price of energy. It's just that it's really fertile ground for some silly reporting:
In recent weeks, the market has been fixated on weather patterns in the northeastern U.S., the world's biggest heating fuel market. Warmer weather has depressed prices, while snowstorms and concerns about a colder-than-normal winter have raised prices.
Many analysts expect the current mild weather to be short-lived. A snowstorm currently battering some western and midwest U.S. states is projected to head east and send temperatures plunging by the end of this week, according to AccuWeather.com.
It's the end of November, of course the mild weather will be short-lived. Actually, since they say "many analysts", I'm curious to know whether there are some out there who don't think the mild-weather will be short-lived. Talk about being contrarian. And since when do we rely on analysts to give us the weather forecast, anyway? Isn't that the job of meteorologists and weatherman?
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