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Category Archives: Book draft
Oil Limits and the Economy: One Story, Not Two
The two big stories of our day are (1) Our economic problems: The inability of economies to grow as rapidly as they would like, add as many jobs as they would like, and raise the standards of living of citizens … Continue reading
Posted in Book draft, Financial Implications, Introductory Post
Tagged collapse, diminishing returns, oil limits, recession
489 Comments
Our Oil Problems are Not Over!
If a person reads US newspapers, it is easy to get the impression that all of the world’s oil problems are over. But this is not really the case. An Overlooked Part of the Problem: High Oil Prices A major … Continue reading
Posted in Book draft, Financial Implications
Tagged energy return on energy invested, EROI, high oil prices, peak oil, recession, tight oil
247 Comments
Reaching Limits in a Finite World
We don’t usually think about it, but we live in a finite world. In other words, in theory we can count precisely how many atoms make up the earth. We can also theoretically count how many humans live on earth … Continue reading
Posted in Book draft, Financial Implications, Introductory Post
Tagged energy limits, financial limits, limits to growth, oil limits
263 Comments
High-Priced Fuel Syndrome
Governments and economists around the world have not figured out that what the world economy is suffering from, to varying degrees, is “high-priced fuel syndrome“. High-priced fuel syndrome has a number of symptoms: Slow economic growth, or contraction People in … Continue reading
Posted in Book draft, Financial Implications, Introductory Post
Tagged debt defaults, economic growth, Food prices, high oil price, oil price, recession
192 Comments
The Close Tie Between Energy Consumption, Employment, and Recession
The number of jobs available to job-seekers has been a problem for quite a long tine now—since 2000 in the United States, and longer than that in Europe. If we look at the percentage of the US population who are … Continue reading