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Category Archives: Planning for the Future
Reaching Limits to Growth: What Should our Response Be?
Oil limits seem to be pushing us toward a permanent downturn, including a crash in credit availability, loss of jobs, and even possible government collapse. In this process, we are likely to lose access to both fossil fuels and grid … Continue reading
Energy limits: Is there anything we can do?
The energy limit we are running into is a cost limit. I would argue that neither the Republican or Democrat approach to solving the problem will really work. The Republicans favor “Drill Baby Drill”. If the issue is that the … Continue reading
Reaching Oil Limits – New Paradigms are Needed
I have written in recent posts that oil limits are more complex than what many have imagined. They aren’t just a lack of a liquid fuel; they are inability to compete in a global economy that is based on use … Continue reading
How Resource Limits Lead to Financial Collapse
Resource limits are invisible, so most people don’t realize that we could possibility be approaching them. In fact, my analysis indicates resource limits are really financial limits, and in fact, we seem to be approaching those limits right now. Many analysts … Continue reading
2013: Beginning of Long-Term Recession?
We have been hearing a lot about escaping the fiscal cliff, but our problem isn’t solved. The fixes to date have been partial and temporary. There are many painful decisions ahead. Based on what I can see, the most likely … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications, Food issues, Planning for the Future
Tagged debt default, economic growth, electricity demand, Food prices, forecast for 2013, government spending, high oil prices, oil exporter, oil importer, oil prices, oil shale, Peter Turchin, recession, renewable energy, Secular Cycles, Social Security, tight oil
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