The Problem of Debt as We Reach Oil Limits
Many readers have asked me to explain debt. They also ask: Why can’t we just cancel debt and start over? if we are reaching oil limits, and these limits threaten to destabilize the system.
Gail Tverberg
Our Permaculture Homestead
Join us for a beautiful and info-packed video tour of our permaculture homestead!
The Butlerian Carnival
Over the last week or so, I’ve heard from a remarkable number of people who feel that a major crisis is in the offing.
No Oil Price Rebound Yet: An Explanation in Two Charts
The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, February 10 proclaimed “Oil-Price Rebound Predicted” according to the IEA. – Not true.
Charts showing the long-term GDP-energy tie
In Part 1 of this series, I talked about why cheap fuels act to create economic growth. In this post, we will look at some supporting data showing how this connection works.
Review: The World After Cheap Oil
Written by Finnish energy analysts Rauli Partanen, Harri Paloheimo and Heikki Waris, The World After Cheap Oil offers an exhaustive, up-to-date dissection of the world oil situation.
As Night Closes In
I was saddened to learn a few days ago, via a phone call from a fellow author, that William R. Catton Jr. died early last month, just short of his 89th birthday.
The One Way Forward
As the conventional wisdom of flat-earth cornucopians crashes and burns around us, it’s time for some real heresy.
Tight Oil Production Will Fade Quickly: The Truth About Rig Counts
U.S tight oil production from shale plays will fall more quickly than most assume.
A New Theory of Energy and The Economy – Part 1 – Generating Economic Growth
How does the economy really work? In my view, there are many erroneous theories in published literature.
A tale of two gardening methods
Now that I have worked with two different gardening methods, I look at each through the lens of soil fertility and how that affects what I grow.
The Mariner’s Rule
One of the things my readers ask me most often, in response to this blog’s exploration of the ongoing decline and impending fall of modern industrial civilization, is what I suggest people ought to do about it all.
