Peak US Oil Production Looms as the Domestic Shale Boom Ends
Finite resources are real constraints that no magical thinking or predicting by the industry can overcome.
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Can Civilization Survive? These Studies Might Tell Us
Energy transition modeling is complicated and imperfect. But its conclusions so far should be an urgent wake-up call for policy makers everywhere. Hello Washington, Geneva, and Beijing: is anyone listening?
Analysis: IEA’s renewables forecast grows 76% in two years after ‘largest ever’ revision
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has raised its global forecast for renewables growth in what it calls its “largest ever upward revision” for the sector.
A Big Bank Actually Does Something Good
HSBC Bank—Europe’s biggest by total assets—announced today they would no longer provide financing for new oil and gas fields.
Simon Michaux: “The Arcadians”
On this episode, mining and geology expert Simon Michaux returns to give a preliminary framework for responses to the coming energy and material constraints described in the previous episode.
Norway’s oil deals helped empower Putin. It must learn from its mistakes
We believe that Europe enabled Russia’s descent into fascism. Norway, too, played a role in this.
With U.S. shale oil boom over, can world production climb?
World growth in oil supplies will have to come from someplace other than the United States. Will there be a new oil production savior?
Finite Feeding Frenzy
Sure, Malthus missed predicting this enormous surge in human population, not factoring in stored fossil energy. That doesn’t mean we should declare human population a mystery beyond our grasp and refrain from any attempt to understand its trajectory and future.
Why Africa signed up for eight new fossil fuel projects at COP27
Africa is at a crossroads in how its constituent countries develop and build their economies. What happens next isn’t just about the future of carbon emissions, but the future of African communities.
COP27 will be remembered as a failure – here’s what went wrong
So why did COP27 fail? And what can be done before the next summit – COP28 in Dubai – to ensure progress?
Patrick Ophuls: “Energy, Politics, and The Future”
Today, ecologist, political scientist, and author Patrick Ophuls joins Nate to discuss his new book, The Tragedy of Industrial Civilization and The Future of Politics.
Doing development differently: How Kenya is rapidly emerging as Africa’s renewable energy superpower
In 2021, 81% of Kenya’s electricity generation came from the low carbon sources of geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar power.
