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Category Archives: Nate Hagens
Book review: The Bottlenecks of the 21st Century
Preface. Nate Hagens and DJ White’s book is the kind of book I’d like to write someday. Like them, I’d publish only in paper to preserve knowledge because the electric grid will come down some day since it can’t outlast … Continue reading
When wood is again our main energy source, how long will it last?
Preface. Just when civilization is decades from returning to wood as the main energy source (due to peak oil in 2018), climate change is allowing invasive beetles to survive winters and kill trees, with drought and wildfires increasing the damage. … Continue reading
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Nate Hagens “Peak Oil” – Why Smart Folks Disagree – Part II
[ There’s a great deal of interest in the Hill’s Group report, but Nate Hagens came up with similar results back in 2007 and he explains his ideas far more eloquently. Although much production of U.S. oil and gas may … Continue reading
Twenty (Important) Concepts I Wasn’t Taught in Business School – Part I
Twenty (Important) Concepts I Wasn’t Taught in Business School – Part I by Nate Hagens September 20, 2013 theoildrum This article is full of great writing, charts, graphs, and illustrations, and explains quite well why nature and energy are our … Continue reading
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Nate Hagens rebuttal of Bill McKibbens “Politics: Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math”
Timeline: die-off: event odds low 10-15% next 10-20 years, though higher after that (1 Dec 2012). End-of-growth realized by public: 90% next few years, 99% in 5-7 years (1 Dec 2012) 17 Oct 2012 Rebuttal of Bill McKibbens 19 July … Continue reading
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