Monthly Archives: April 2018

Why oil prices can’t rise very high, for very long

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Gail Tverberg

Oil prices are now as high as they have been for three years. At this writing, Brent is $74.14 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate is at $68.76. These prices aren’t really very high, if a person looks at the … Continue reading →

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Energy Return on Energy Invested – Prof. Charles Hall’s Comments

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Gail Tverberg

In my most recent post, Why the Standard Model of Future Energy Supply Doesn’t Work, I made some comments about the calculation of Energy Returned on Energy Invested. Professor Charles Hall sent me the following response to what I said, which he … Continue reading →

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Why the Standard Model of Future Energy Supply Doesn’t Work

Posted on April 4, 2018 by Gail Tverberg

The most prevalent view regarding future oil supply, as well as total energy supply, seems to be fairly closely related to that expressed by Peak Oilers. Future fossil fuel supply is assumed to be determined by the resources in the … Continue reading →

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