Category Archives: Financial Implications
Researchers have been underestimating the cost of wind and solar
How should electricity from wind turbines and solar panels be evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are stand-alone devices? Or do these devices provide electricity that is of such low quality, because of its intermittency and other … Continue reading
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Tagged electric grid, EROI, solar electricity, solar PV, wind turbine
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The Next Financial Crisis Is Not Far Away
Recently, a Spanish group called “Ecologists in Action” asked me to give them a presentation on what kind of financial crisis we should expect. They wanted to know when it would be and how it would take place. The answer … Continue reading
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Tagged collapse, economic growth, energy consumption, oil prices, peak oil
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Falling Interest Rates Have Postponed “Peak Oil”
Falling interest rates have huge power. My background is as an actuary, so I am very much aware of the great power of interest rates. But a lot of people are not aware of this power, including, I suspect, some … Continue reading
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Tagged debt growth, interest rates, oil price, oil supply
2,734 Comments
Open Thread and a Few Observations on Japan
I am putting this post up to give commenters who would like to carry on conversations related to previous posts a place to comment, since comments on my last post have been cut off. Also, my family and I recently … Continue reading
Why We Should Be Concerned About Low Oil Prices
Most people assume that oil prices, and for that matter other energy prices, will rise as we reach limits. This isn’t really the way the system works; oil prices can be expected to fall too low, as we reach limits. … Continue reading
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Tagged economic growth, low oil prices, oil prices, solar panels, wind turbines
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