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Tag Archives: oil limits
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
Oil Limits and the Economy: One Story, Not Two
The two big stories of our day are (1) Our economic problems: The inability of economies to grow as rapidly as they would like, add as many jobs as they would like, and raise the standards of living of citizens … Continue reading
Posted in Book draft, Financial Implications, Introductory Post
Tagged collapse, diminishing returns, oil limits, recession
489 Comments
Stumbling Blocks to Figuring Out the Real Oil Limits Story
The story of oil limits is one that crosses many disciplines. It is not an easy one to understand. Most of those who are writing about peak oil come from hard sciences such as geology, chemistry, and engineering. The following … Continue reading
Oil Limits and Climate Change
They say that every cloud has a silver lining. If future energy consumption (which is mostly fossil fuel) drops because of a financial collapse brought on by high oil prices and other limits, then, at least in theory, climate change should … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy
Tagged Carbon emissions, climate change, IPCC Reports, oil limits, oil price
159 Comments
Reaching Limits in a Finite World
We don’t usually think about it, but we live in a finite world. In other words, in theory we can count precisely how many atoms make up the earth. We can also theoretically count how many humans live on earth … Continue reading
Posted in Book draft, Financial Implications, Introductory Post
Tagged energy limits, financial limits, limits to growth, oil limits
263 Comments
