Category Archives: Food issues

Kidding ourselves about future MENA oil production

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Gail Tverberg

Recently, the International Energy Agency’s Chief Economist Fatih Birol was quoted as saying, In the next 10 years, more than 90% of the growth in global oil production needs to come from MENA [Middle East and North African] countries. There … Continue reading →

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Peak oil and the third demographic transition: A preliminary model

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Gail Tverberg

This is a guest post by Dr. Gary Peters, retired geography professor and author of Population Geography. The growth of the human population cannot continue forever—there is a limit to our numbers, even if we cannot specify what that limit … Continue reading →

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A Look Behind Rising Food Prices: Population Growth; Rising Oil Prices; Weather Events

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Gail Tverberg

This is a guest post by Dr. Gary Peters. He is a retired geography professor and author of Population Geography. Rising food prices, crowned by a recent record high spike and chronicled in the graph below, have played a role … Continue reading →

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Farm prices for food items are very high again

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Gail Tverberg

I am busy working on some bigger projects that I can’t write about yet, but I thought I would put up a little scanned in section from today’s WSJ relating to food prices. Food prices are now 18.5% higher than … Continue reading →

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Sharon Astyk: The Future of Food – ASPO-USA Conference

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Gail Tverberg

Sharon Astyk is a new member of the ASPO-USA board of directors with an amazingly high energy level and a broad background. She has practical experience with food growing on the small farm she and her husband own in upstate … Continue reading →

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