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Do the World’s Energy Policies Make Sense?
The world today has a myriad of energy policies. One of them seems to be to encourage renewables, especially wind and solar. Another seems to be to encourage electric cars. A third seems to be to try to move away … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged carbon dioxide emissions, CO2 emissions
1,380 Comments
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
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged China coal, China economy, CO2 emissions, peak coal, peak oil
1,825 Comments
BP Data Suggests We Are Reaching Peak Energy Demand
Some people talk about peak energy (or oil) supply. They expect high prices and more demand than supply. Other people talk about energy demand hitting a peak many years from now, perhaps when most of us have electric cars. Neither of … Continue reading
Oil Limits and Climate Change – How They Fit Together
We hear a lot about climate change, especially now that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently published another report. At the same time, oil is reaching limits, and this has an effect as well. How do the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, CO2 emissions, collapse, IPCC, oil limits, peak oil
825 Comments
Peak Oil Demand is Already a Huge Problem
We in the United States, the Euro-zone, and Japan are already past peak oil demand. Oil demand has to do with how much oil we can afford. Many of the developed nations are not able to outbid the developing nations … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications, peak oil
Tagged CO2 emissions, competitiveness, energy consumption, oil demand, peak oil, peak oil demand
198 Comments