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Don’t expect the world economy to resume its prior growth pattern after COVID-19
Most people seem to think that the world economy is going through a temporary disruption, caused by a novel coronavirus. As soon as COVID-19 goes away, they expect the economy will be back to normal. I think that this assessment is overly optimistic. The way I see the situation, the world economy was already having severe growth problems, caused indirectly by resource problems, even before COVID-19 hit. Continue reading
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Tagged China coal, economic growth, oil prices, resource shortages
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Eight insights based on December 2017 energy data
BP recently published energy data through December 31, 2017, in its Statistical Review of World Energy 2018. The following are a few points we observe, looking at the data: [1] The world is making limited progress toward moving away from fossil fuels. … Continue reading
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Tagged China coal, coal, energy consumption, India coal, per capita energy consumption, Venezuela
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Will China Bring an Energy-Debt Crisis?
It is easy for those of us in the West to overlook how important China has become to the world economy, and also the limits it is reaching. The two big areas in which China seems to be reaching limits … Continue reading
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Tagged China coal, China economy, CO2 emissions, peak coal, peak oil
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China: Is peak coal part of its problem?
The world’s coal resources are clearly huge. How could China, or the world in total, reach peak coal in a timeframe that makes a difference? If we look at China’s coal production and consumption in BP’s 2016 Statistical Review of World … Continue reading
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Tagged China coal, China GDP, economic growth, peak coal
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