Final Thoughts
Final thoughts
Written by Ethan Bernard
December 10, 2023
Steel-tide Greetings
‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, and at our publication
We kept logging steel price increases from across our fair nation.
Up hot rolled, up cold rolled, and galvanized coil.
On Galvalume and plate — gushing skyward — like a geyser of oil.
Blink for a moment and you might miss a hike,
Oh what a change from the United Auto Workers strike.
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Discuss prices at your holiday party but do practice moderation
As you sip on spiked eggnog and discuss decarbonization.
Will the EU and US agree, or will we see some global sheriff
Ride into Washington and pronounce a world carbon tariff?
Maybe start a little smaller, a more realizable goal,
Hang up our stockings and receive metallurgical coal.
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Though it’s true some say Old Saint Nick is not real,
The same can’t be said for the much vaunted “green steel.”
Lower and lower the carbon goes, the greener it gets,
Are we reaching net zero soon, is anyone taking bets?
Carbon capture, hydrogen, the only limit’s the sky
As long as we don’t end up getting taken over by AI.
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Here at SMU, we wish you all a joyful holiday season.
Join us soon in Tampa, in Florida, the weather sure is pleasin’.
There’ll be much to learn and discuss, old and new friends aplenty,
It will be 2024, a real blank slate, let’s finally forget 2020.
So two weeks before Christmas, and if you’ve also got that holiday feel
Don’t hesitate to drop us a tip: Who’s going to buy U.S. Steel?
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Ethan Bernard
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