By Asher Miller, Rob Dietz, Jason Bradford, Resilience.org
What would we do without energy? The short answer is, “Nothing, absolutely nothing.” And sadly, most people know next to nothing about energy and its fundamental role in society and life itself.
By Paul Arbair, Paul Arbair blog
In the modern world, our perceptions of reality are largely shaped by economic and financial considerations, and our policy conversations are largely built around intellectual categories and evaluative criteria that pertain to the economics discipline. Yet a long-term view shows that ‘The world in 2018’ is in a significantly different place than what economists typically claim, and than what many of us want to believe.
By Bart Hawkins Kreps, An Outside Chance
A constellation of new technologies changed our ancestors’ lives 100 years ago, and haven’t changed fundamentally since then. Will these technologies remain possible for the next 100 years? An extended look at the work of Vaclav Smil.
By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
Scientists at the Climate/Energy Design and Research institute (CEDAR) have just announced the discovery of an astounding new energy source that promises to solve several of humanity’s thorniest dilemmas at once.
By Andrew McKay, Southern Limits
One of the many barbs often pointed at peak oil proponents is that they are constantly shifting the goal posts. Peak oilers are accused of changing the definition of what peak oil actually means, therefore the entire concept of oil production peaking is rubbish. Far from a valid criticism however, this is actually a scientific virtue.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
There is an outside chance that one or more will occur, and this would move markets and policy debates in unexpected directions.
By Roger Boyd, Humanity's Test
The financial system as an accelerator and multiplier of the economic and social impacts of energy depletion.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
It is a testament to the psychological power of financial bubbles that people who know and trust me and generally accept the analysis I've put forth in my writings over the last decade are jumping into the stock market again with a pledge that they are in for the long term--no matter what.
By Daniel Lerch, Post Carbon Institute
By now you'd think we'd be planning cautiously and conservatively for America's energy future. But thanks to the federal government's latest report on domestic energy, most everyone is again assuming that there's plenty of oil and nothing to worry about. Here's why it's dangerously wrong.
By Ugo Bardi, Frontiers in Energy Research
How are we going to meet the challenge of functioning without fossil fuels?