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Transition from Oil

December 15, 2020December 1, 2015 by Chris Nelder

Mark Lewis, Former senior analyst for energy, climate, and sustainability research, Kepler Cheuvreux; former head of energy commodities research, Deutsche Bank.

Categories Energy Tags energy transition, global unconventional oil production, oil prices, peak oil Leave a comment

Why “Supply and Demand” doesn’t Work for Oil

December 15, 2020November 25, 2015 by Gail Tverberg

A gradual switch to higher-cost energy products, in a sense, works in the opposite direction to a switch from beef to chicken. 

Categories Economy Tags debt defaults, low oil prices, Oil demand, oil production, peak oil, supply and demand Leave a comment

The “Syrian Sickness”: What Crude Oil Gives, Crude Oil will Take Away

December 15, 2020November 24, 2015 by Ugo Bardi

Crude oil had created modern Syria, crude oil has destroyed it.

Categories Energy Tags geopolitics, peak oil, Resource Depletion Leave a comment

Feeling the Elephant

December 15, 2020November 11, 2015 by Jason Heppenstall

Most people have heard the Indian tale about the blind men and the elephant.

Categories Society Tags peak oil, Renewable Energy, systems thinking Leave a comment

The Global Oil Supply: Implications for Biodiversity?

December 15, 2020November 6, 2015 by Chris Rhodes

The link between the global oil supply and biodiversity is not directly causal; rather, the two are elements of a broader and more integrated picture.

Categories Energy Tags biodiversity, carbon sequestration, climate change, peak oil, permaculture, soil health, unconventional oil production 4 Comments

The Patience of the Sea

December 15, 2020October 29, 2015 by John Michael Greer

America just now, after all, has more than a little in common with an October day in Ocean City.

Categories Environment Tags climate change, cultural stories, environmental effects of climate change, limits to growth, peak oil Leave a comment

What’s up with the Global Economy, and Where Do we Go from Here?

December 15, 2020October 27, 2015 by Roger Baker

It now appears that the grand yearly addition to total human wealth, the global GNP, is no longer growing.

Categories Economy Tags deflation, economic contraction, low commodity prices, peak oil, quantitative easing Leave a comment

Low Oil Prices – Why Worry?

December 15, 2020September 30, 2015 by Gail Tverberg

The Peak Oil story we have been told is wrong. The collapse in oil production comes from oil prices that are too low, not too high.

Categories Energy Tags debt defaults, limits to growth, low oil prices, Oil demand, peak oil, recession Leave a comment

Whatever Happened to Peak Oil?

December 15, 2020September 25, 2015 by Jan Mueller

Whatever happened to “peak oil” – the assertion that the rate at which oil is extracted from the Earth is nearing a maximum or peak level?

Categories Energy Tags energy depletion, Oil, peak oil, Resource Depletion, tight oil, US oil production Leave a comment

Syria peak oil weakened government’s finances ahead of Arab Spring in 2011

September 18, 2015 by Matt Mushalik

While the attention of the world is on the refugee crisis we need to look at the causes of this mass exodus.

Categories Energy Tags drought, peak oil, resource conflicts, Syria conflict, war 1 Comment

To Understand The Oil Story, You Need To Understand Exports

December 15, 2020September 15, 2015 by Chris Martenson

Over the past ten years, it has taken us trillions of dollars, basically, to keep us on an undulating plateau in actual crude oil production. What happens going forward?

Categories Energy Tags EROEI, Export Land Model, global oil production, peak oil Leave a comment

Peak Oil Ass-Backwards: Crashing Oil Prices Aren’t Due to an Oil Glut But to Demand Destruction and Peaking Credit

December 15, 2020September 14, 2015 by Allan Stromfeldt Christensen

Since money is a proxy for energy, energy’s limits are putting a damper on credit creation. Could this be the cause for plunging stock markets and oil prices?

Categories Economy Tags Oil, peak oil Leave a comment
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