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- In a world without people, how long would NYC last?
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- Why the kerogen in oil shale will never fill up your tank
- ‘The oil we eat’. Following the food chain back to iraq
- Vanishing open spaces: population growth and sprawl in America
- Admiral Rickover 1957: Energy Resources & Our Future
- The Green New Deal is not a solution for the real problem: Overshoot
- A transition from fossil fuels to renewables could take a century – if it ever happens
Author Archives: energyskeptic
The end of insurance: Ports and Hurricanes, Storm Surges, & Rising Sea Levels
The world is about to be shaken by many storms besides cyclones and hurricanes — declining energy & natural resources and the social unrest generated by ever larger numbers of the 7+ billion people getting poorer and hungrier. Since … Continue reading
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Domestic sources integral to U.S. energy security, but may be vulnerable By Elizabeth Bunn
Domestic sources integral to U.S. energy security, but may be vulnerable By Elizabeth Bunn U.S. Vulnerabilities The following facilities represent some the most important oil and petroleum infrastructure in the United States. The vulnerability of these systems depends on several … Continue reading
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Reaching Oil Limits – New Paradigms are Needed by Gail Tverberg
Reaching Oil Limits – New Paradigms are Needed April 30, 2013 by Gail Tverberg Also see the April 21, 2013 column: Low Oil Prices Lead to Economic Peak Oil I have written in recent posts that oil limits are more complex than … Continue reading
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Energy Watch Group. Peak Uranium 2020-2035
Energy Watch Group. March 2013. Fossil and Nuclear Fuels – the Supply Outlook (172 pages) Uranium production peaks for the same reasons as oil, coal, and natural gas: the depletion of easy and cheap to develop mines. EWG’s guess is … Continue reading
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Energy Watch Group 2013 Natural Gas Supply Outlook
Energy Watch Group. March 2013. Fossil and Nuclear Fuels – the Supply Outlook (172 pages) Summary (see report for details) This report also contains scenario projections for the future supply of natural gas. These are performed in similar depth as … Continue reading
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No More Oil Exports by 2030
Jeffery J. Brown. 10 Jun 2013. Commentary: Is it only a question of when the US once again becomes a net oil exporter? ASPO-USA Key points made in this article: In just 17 years given current trends, China and … Continue reading
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Why Banks and Wall St will go broke if interest rates ever go up
Dumb Money Day 1 by Charles Marohn, Strong Towns Jun 10, 2013 This week I want to write about one very technical finance subject and the implications for the housing market and, by extension, for cities and the great reset … Continue reading
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Gail Tverberg on Inflation, Deflation, or Discontinuity?
Gail Tverberg. July 1, 2013. Inflation, Deflation, or Discontinuity? ourfiniteworld.com A question that seems to come up quite often is, “Are we going to have inflation or deflation?” People want to figure out how to invest. Because of this, they … Continue reading
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29 Things to Keep in Mind about buying Real Estate
This is an edited down version of 30 Reasons To Get Out Of Real Estate And Into REAL Assets by “Don’t Tread on Me” at businessinsider.com. The shift from paper assets to real assets is driven by money/debt creation. Since … Continue reading
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Disarray by James Howard Kunstler
Feb 21, 2008 DISARRAY by James Howard Kunstler The dark tunnel that the U.S. economy has entered began to look more and more like a black hole recently, sucking in lives, fortunes, and prospects behind a Potemkin facade of orderly … Continue reading
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