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In theory, you could keep a short position open indefinitely to take advantage of a falling market like doomed Big Oil. In practice, you can be required to "buy to cover" this position if the lender demands the shares or contracts back, but again, this is uncommon.
Not allowing a client to bet that solid state batteries will kill off big oil seems like prudent fiduciary advice, but brokers and and lawyers are like lids. There's even one for crack pots
Oh noes. Those Electric Cars defy the 2nd law of thermodynamics! Short all oil now!!!