Tag Archives: complexity

Where Energy Modeling Goes Wrong

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Gail Tverberg

There are a huge number of people doing energy modeling. In my opinion, nearly all of them are going astray in their modeling because they don’t understand how the economy really operates. The modeling that comes closest to being correct … Continue reading →

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The Energy Problem behind Trump’s Election

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Gail Tverberg

The energy problem behind Trump’s election is not the one people have been looking for. Instead, it is an energy problem that leads to low wages for many workers in the US, and high unemployment rates in the European Union. … Continue reading →

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Drilling Down: Tainter and Patzek tell the energy-complexity story

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Gail Tverberg

Joseph Tainter and Tadeusz Patzek are authors of a soon-to-be-released book called Drilling Down: The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma. This book is part of Charles Hall’s Briefs in Energy series with the publisher Springer. An earlier book … Continue reading →

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