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Category Archives: Financial Implications
Will the World Economy Continue to “Roll Along” in 2018?
Once upon a time, we worried about oil and other energy. Now, a song from 1930 seems to be appropriate: Today, we have a surplus of oil, which we are trying to use up. That never happened before, or did … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged Depression, economic growth, energy supply, oil prices, oil supply
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The Depression of the 1930s Was an Energy Crisis
Economists, including Ben Bernanke, give all kinds of reasons for the Great Depression of the 1930s. But what if the real reason for the Great Depression was an energy crisis? When I put together a chart of per capita energy … Continue reading
A Video Game Analogy to Our Energy Predicament
The way the world economy is manipulated by world leaders is a little like a giant video game. The object of the game is to keep the world economy growing, without too many adverse consequences to particular members of the … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged debt levels, economic growth, EROEI, high oil prices
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Will China Bring an Energy-Debt Crisis?
It is easy for those of us in the West to overlook how important China has become to the world economy, and also the limits it is reaching. The two big areas in which China seems to be reaching limits … Continue reading
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Tagged China coal, China economy, CO2 emissions, peak coal, peak oil
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The Approaching US Energy-Economic Crisis
I was recently asked to give a talk called, “The Approaching US Energy-Economic Crisis.” In other words, how might the United States encounter problems that lead to a crisis? As we will see, many of the problems that could lead to … Continue reading
