The Peter Sceats Podcast - Coal: My Part in its Downfall
By Peter Sceats
The Peter Sceats Podcast - Coal: My Part in its DownfallMar 29, 2022
The Epilogue - Where Are They Now?
And finally... "The Epilogue" is a kind of "Where Are They Now?" chapter to see what happened to the coal market and all the actors in my story.
And what of our pantomime villains? Well, they are really composite characters of every vacuous, talent-free, corporate politician I ever came across. My inability to suffer fools, those who push others down to advance themselves and corporate politics in general led me to being a consultant or a contractor such that I can work on a project or scheme, deliver the value I promised and then escape before the desire to strangle someone overwhelms me!
In Closing
I hope you enjoyed this podcast. If it reads like a love letter to the All Publications Index and the coal market, that’s because it is. If you would like to say nice things to me, please do get in contact via:
www.petersceats.net
If you would like to say horrible things to me, the email address is:
The Peter Sceats Podcast “Coal: My Part in its Downfall” was brought to you by PeterSceats.Net, Grand Union Company and El-Bart Gin. The narrator was Peter Sceats, the announcer was Angela Wilding and the producer was Paul Hodges. This podcast is the property of Peter Sceats and is a Without Mary Production.
Disclaimer
All events described herein actually happened apart from the bits I totally made up. The characters, unless specifically referred to by their actual name, are composites and no identification with actual persons (living or deceased), is intended or should be inferred. Peter Sceats Brentwood Essex 29/03/22.
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Chapter #17: "Sunny Side Down, then Up!" This chapter takes us through my post-All Publications Index "annus horriblis" and on to my current career which includes doing things like being interogated by QCs and indeed having a Podcast...
Chapter #16: And then All Publications Index #4…
Chapter #16: "And then All Publications Index #4…" sees the second benchmarker of the coal index series I founded, the sun going down on Enron and the rise of my friends at the mighty globalCoal...
Chapter #15: The Fight Without, Won; The Fight Within Begins
Chapter #15: "The Fight Without, Won; The Fight Within Begins" we meet the second pantomime villain of the piece...
Chapter #14: Here Come the Other Brokers
Chapter #14: "Here Come the Other Brokers" sees the invasion of others to help grow the new style coal market, or "tedious parasites" depending on your perspective!
Chapter #13: This is Just the Stuff of Toy Town
Chapter #13: "This is Just the Stuff of Toy Town" sees the need for another cunning plan to breathe life into the new style coal market...
Chapter #12: Make Sure You Arrange Holiday Cover
Chapter #12: "Make Sure You Arrange Holiday Cover" explains the rather suprising reason that the world's biggest coal price index has "#2" next to it...
Chapter #11: Roadtrip!
Chapter #11: "Roadtrip!" sees us hit the road with the snappily named "Workshop Energy 2000: [Insert City]" and I wind up nose to nose with one of the more vocal naysayers...
Chapter #10: Broking the First Deal
Chapter #10: "Broking the First Deal" sees me prove concept... and then repair immediately to the pub...
Chapter #9: Fax The Hell Out of It
Chapter #9: "Fax The Hell Out of It" sees my coal idea finally going public, and me losing a lot of sleep...
Chapter #8: Enter Enron
Chapter #8: "Enter Enron" finds Cha-Ching and me in Istanbul being rejected by the coal industry. But the "Significant E" sneakily offer me a job...
Chapter #7: Basket Case
Chapter #7: "Basket Case" is the point at which the coal index is born. My life and my career will never be the same again...
Chapter #6: “Just Get On With It, Pete…”
Chapter #6: “Just Get On With It, Pete". An OTC broker dealing floor with its lifesize cutout of the Spice Girls comes as a suprising backdrop to the massive changes about to happen in the coal and energy markets...
Chapter #5: The Answerphone Message of Destiny
Chapter #5: "The Answerphone Message of Destiny". Having been turned down by the futures exchange, an OTC broker steps in and buys my ideas and I get my "Beatle" moment... and my own driver...
Chapter #4: Commoditisation or Commodification (Tomayto, Tomarto)
Chapter #4: "Commoditisation or Commodification (Tomayto, Tomarto)" explains how commodites can be reliably represented by one grade of said commodity and this is where we meet the first pantomine villan of the piece...
Chapter #3: Knees-Ups, Wine & Being a Nerd
Chapter #3: "Knees-Ups, Wine & Being a Nerd" is where the story of coal's All Publication Index really starts...
Chapter #2: The Explainer
Chapter #2: "The Explainer" explains the coal market, and what brokers and traders do. It is important context for the following story and I get to have a go at regulators...
Chapter #1: An Introduction
The Introduction chapter sets up the story of how I founded the commodity price index upon which the international coal market is based. It changed the coal and energy markets and is estimated to have $500 billion of energy business lined to it. Unless of course it is much more, or a bit less than that.