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Age of Limits Conference – May 23-27, 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

I want to mention a conference that I will be speaking at over Memorial Day weekend near Artemas, Pennsylvania, called the Age of Limits Conference.  The conference is one of the few that deals directly with the issues we are … Continue reading →

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Understanding Our Oil-Related Fiscal Cliff

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

The United States’ fiscal cliff is very much related to several changes we have been going through recently, and will likely continue to experience: High oil prices (more than triple their level ten years ago). High oil prices cause people … Continue reading →

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IEA Oil Forecast Unrealistically High; Misses Diminishing Returns

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

The International Energy Agency (IEA) provides unrealistically high oil forecasts in its new 2012 World Energy Outlook (WEO). It claims, among other things, that the United States will become the world’s largest oil producer by around 2020, and North America will become … Continue reading →

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Can an Economy Learn to Live with Increasingly High Oil Prices?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

Prof. James Hamilton of University of California recently wrote a post called Thresholds in the economic effects of oil prices. In it, he concludes As U.S. retail gasoline prices once again near $4.00 a gallon, does this pose a threat … Continue reading →

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Lower Oil Prices–Not a Good Sign!

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Are lower oil prices good news? Not really, if it means the world is sinking into recession. We know from recent past experience and from common sense that higher oil prices are a drag on oil importing economies, since if … Continue reading →

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