The price of a barrel of benchmark U.S. oil plunged below $0 a barrel on Monday (April 20) for the first time in history, a troubling sign of an unprecedented global energy glut as the coronavirus pandemic halts travel and curbs economic activity. But what do negative crude prices mean in the real world?
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