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Easily overlooked issues regarding COVID-19
We read a lot in the news about the new Wuhan coronavirus and the illness it causes (COVID-19), but some important points often get left out. [1] COVID-19 is incredibly contagious. COVID-19 transmits extremely easily from person to person. Interpersonal … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged coronavirus, oil price, quarantine, recession, supply chain
2,589 Comments
Our Energy and Debt Predicament in 2019
Many people are concerned that we have an oil problem. Or they are concerned about recession and the need to lower interest rates. As I see the situation, we have a problem of a networked economy that is not functioning … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged economic growth, interest rates, oil prices, OPEC oil, recession
1,325 Comments
2019: World Economy Is Reaching Growth Limits; Expect Low Oil Prices, Financial Turbulence
Financial markets have been behaving in a very turbulent manner in the last couple of months. The issue, as I see it, is that the world economy is gradually changing from a growth mode to a mode of shrinkage. This … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged limits to growth, low oil prices, oil prices, recession
2,080 Comments
An Updated Version of the “Peak Oil” Story
The Peak Oil story got some things right. Back in 1998, Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère wrote an article published in Scientific American called, “The End of Cheap Oil.” In it they said: Our analysis of the discovery and production of oil … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged Conventional oil, oil glut, peak oil, recession, resource limits, unconventional oil
1,968 Comments
