Monthly Archives: July 2016

Overly Simple Energy-Economy Models Give Misleading Answers

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Gail Tverberg

Does it make a difference if our models of energy and the economy are overly simple? I would argue that it depends on what we plan to use the models for. If all we want to do is determine approximately … Continue reading →

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Energy limits: Why we see rising wealth disparity and low prices

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Gail Tverberg

Last week, I gave a fairly wide-ranging presentation at the 2016 Biophysical Economics Conference called Complexity: The Connection Between Fossil Fuel EROI, Human Energy EROI, and Debt (pdf). In this post, I discuss the portion of the talk that explains several … Continue reading →

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