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Could we be hitting natural gas limits already?

Posted on September 25, 2021 by Gail Tverberg

Many countries have assumed that natural gas imports will be available for balancing electricity produced by intermittent wind and solar, whenever they are needed. The high natural gas import prices recently being encountered in Europe, and especially in the UK, appear to be an indication of an underlying problem. Could the world already be hitting natural gas limits? Continue reading →

COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Really Work as Hoped

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Gail Tverberg

It turns out that the delta variant is sufficiently different from the original Wuhan version of the virus that the vaccines work much less well. The CDC performed an analysis of COVID-19 cases arising from one public gathering in Massachusetts. They found that the gathering led to 469 COVID-19 delta cases among Massachusetts residents, with 74% of these cases in fully vaccinated attendees. Massachusetts is a highly vaccinated state, with approximately 64% of the population fully vaccinated. Continue reading →

Economies won’t be able to recover after shutdowns

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Gail Tverberg

Citizens seem to be clamoring for shutdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19. There is one major difficulty, however. Once an economy has been shut down, it is extremely difficult for the economy to recover back to the level it … Continue reading →

Gail in China: In Her Own Words and Pictures

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Reverse Engineer

Aired on Our Finite World and the Doomstead Diner on April 29, 2015 Also available as a downloadable mp3: As regular readers of Our Finite World and the Doomstead Diner know, Gail recently took a month long trip to China, where she was … Continue reading →

Oil Price Slide – No Good Way Out

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Gail Tverberg

The world is in a dangerous place now. A large share of oil sellers need the revenue from oil sales. They have to continue producing, regardless of how low oil prices go unless they are stopped by bankruptcy, revolution, or … Continue reading →

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