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How Researchers Could Miss the Real Energy Story
I have been telling a fairly different energy story from most energy researchers. How could I possibly be correct? What have other researchers been missing? The “standard” approach is to start from the amount of resources that we have of … Continue reading
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Tagged energy research, EROEI, King Hubbert, low oil price, oil price, peak oil
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What really causes falling productivity growth — an energy-based explanation
What really causes falling productivity growth? The answer seems to be very much energy-related. Human labor by itself does not cause productivity growth. It is human labor, leveraged by various tools, that leads to productivity growth. These tools are made … Continue reading
$50 Oil Doesn’t Work
$50 per barrel oil is clearly less impossible to live with than $30 per barrel oil, because most businesses cannot make a profit with $30 per barrel oil. But is $50 per barrel oil helpful? I would argue that it … Continue reading
The real oil limits story; what other researchers missed
For a long time, a common assumption has been that the world will eventually “run out” of oil and other non-renewable resources. Instead, we seem to be running into surpluses and low prices. What is going on that was missed … Continue reading
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Tagged EROEI, Harold Hotelling, M. King Hubbert, oil demand, oil limits, oil price, peak oil
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Debt: The Key Factor Connecting Energy and the Economy
There are many who believe that the use of energy is critical to the growth of the economy. In fact, I am among these people. The thing that is not as apparent is that growth in energy consumption is dependent … Continue reading
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Tagged Debt, economic growth, EROEI, interest rates, negative interest rates, oil price
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