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Tag Archives: recession
Reasons for our Energy Predicament – An Overview
Quiz: What will cause world oil supply to fall? Too little oil in the ground Oil prices are too low for oil producers Oil prices are too high for oil consumers leading to recession, debt defaults, and ultimately a cut … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications, Introductory Post
Tagged Debt, economic growth, energy supply, M. King Hubbert, oil prices, oil supply, recession
434 Comments
Rising Energy Costs Lead to Recession; Eventually Collapse
How does the world reach limits? This is a question that few dare to examine. My analysis suggests that these limits will come in a very different way than most have expected–through financial stress that ultimately relates to rising unit … Continue reading
Two Views of our Current Economic and Energy Crisis
As the US heads toward debt default and continues with government shutdown, the underlying reason for the predicament is generally not clear to the American people or the world. The story that the press has generally been feeding us places … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged alternative energy, collapse, debt default, government debt, oil price, production function, recession
388 Comments
Our Oil Problems are Not Over!
If a person reads US newspapers, it is easy to get the impression that all of the world’s oil problems are over. But this is not really the case. An Overlooked Part of the Problem: High Oil Prices A major … Continue reading
Posted in Book draft, Financial Implications
Tagged energy return on energy invested, EROI, high oil prices, peak oil, recession, tight oil
247 Comments
Discontinuity Ahead – Oil Limits will Adversely Affect the Economy
What will the world economy be like ten years from now? Or fifty years from now? Is it something that we can forecast by looking at the past, assuming that past tends will continue? Most economists today seem to think … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged economic growth, networked system, oil prices, recession
119 Comments
