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Russia’s attack on Ukraine represents a demand for a new world order

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Gail Tverberg

Russia’s attack on Ukraine represents a demand for a new world order that, over the long term, will support higher prices for fossil fuels, especially oil. Such an economy would probably be centered on Russia and China. The rest of the world economy, to the extent that it continues to exist, will largely have to get along without fossil fuels, other than the fossil fuels that countries continue to produce for themselves. Population and living standards will fall in most of the world. Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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