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‘Oil Supply Limits and the Continuing Financial Crisis’ paper available free
I was an invited speaker at the “7th Biennial International Workshop ‘Advances in Energy Studies,’” in Barcelona, Spain in October 2010. Afterward, I wrote a peer-reviewed academic paper related to my talk called, “Oil Supply Limits and the Continuing Financial … Continue reading
Posted in Published Articles
Tagged financial crisis, Gail Tverberg, limits to growth, oil limits, peak oil, recession
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More Reasons Why We are Reaching Limits to Growth
In a recent post, I talked about why we may be reaching Limits to Growth of the type foretold in the 1972 book Limits to Growth. I would like to explain some additional reasons now. In my earlier post, I … Continue reading
Where do continued high oil prices lead us?
We know high oil prices have an adverse impact on the economy, often leading to recession. According to Economist James Hamilton, 10 out of 11 of US recessions since World War II have been associated with oil price spikes. But … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications, Planning for the Future
Tagged fossil fuels, high oil prices, oil, oil prices, oil supply, recession, renewables
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The Faustian Bargain that Modern Economists Never Mention
This is a guest post by Dr. Gary Peters. He is a retired geography professor. Historically people have shifted their belief systems in various ways. The Greeks and Romans believed in numerous gods and goddesses and attributed all kinds of … Continue reading
Obstacles Facing US Wind Energy
In the United States, we have been working on scaling up wind energy but not getting very far. In 2010, wind energy supplied only 2.3% of electricity purchased. Such slow progress seems strange for a product that seems to have … Continue reading