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Category Archives: Financial Implications
Can we invest our way out of an energy shortfall?
The world has many ideas for solving our energy shortfall, but they all seem to involve investment: Drill for more oil and gas; Develop alternative energy sources; Build more efficient gas-powered cars or electric cars; Fix homes and offices so … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia – Headed for a Downfall?
Saudi Arabia recently announced that it had halted a $100 billion oil production expansion plan to raise capacity to 15 million barrels a day by 2020. At this point, the country claims to have capacity of 12 million barrels a day. What … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications, Oil and Its Future
Tagged oil production, Saudi Arabia
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Is it really possible to decouple GDP Growth from Energy Growth?
In recent years, we have heard statements indicating that it is possible to decouple GDP growth from energy growth. I have been looking at the relationship between world GDP and world energy use and am becoming increasingly skeptical that such … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged decouple, EROI, GDP growth, Kyoto Protocol
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Financial Impacts of Reaching ‘Limits to Growth’
I gave a talk on expected financial implications of the oil limits that we are now reaching at a recent meeting of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA. My talk consisted of two parts: Why the impact of … Continue reading
Understanding our Economic Trajectory – 1952 to Today
This is a guest post by “Shunyata.” Shunyata has training in financial engineering, actuarial science, statistics, and mechanical engineering. While he does not work directly with structural economic theory, his background in financial engineering gives him insights. The observations below … Continue reading
