Category Archives: Financial Implications

Can we expect the economy to keep growing?

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

If we read the financial pages, economic growth seems to be viewed as the “normal” situation to which economies inevitably return. But is it really? If we look back over the past 50 years, or even over the past 100 … Continue reading →

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Why US natural gas prices are so low – Are changes needed?

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

US natural gas prices are at record lows–about where they were in 1976, and at the low points in the 1990s, in today’s dollars (Figure 1). There are several reasons why US natural gas prices are so low: Our pricing … Continue reading →

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World Energy Consumption Since 1820 in Charts

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

Figure 1 shows the huge increase in world energy consumption that has taken place in roughly the last 200 years. This rise in energy consumption is primarily from increased fossil fuel use. With energy consumption rising as rapidly as shown … Continue reading →

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Why High Oil Prices Are Now Affecting Europe More Than the US

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

The world is presently sharing a limited supply of oil. When oil prices rise, oil production doesn’t rise very much, if at all. The issues then become: Which buyers get the oil? What uses get priced out of the market? … Continue reading →

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Three Major Journals Publish Articles on Limited World Oil Supply

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Gail Tverberg

In the past month, three major peer-reviewed journals have published articles relating to limited world oil supply: In Science, Technology is Turning U. S. Oil Around But Not the World’s, by Richard A. Kerr; In Nature, Climate Policy: Oil’s Tipping Point … Continue reading →

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