Category Archives: Experts

experts in energy, ecology, collapse, carrying capacity, biophysical and neoclassical economics, etc.

Reaching Oil Limits – New Paradigms are Needed by Gail Tverberg

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

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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Gail Tverberg on Inflation, Deflation, or Discontinuity?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

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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Gail Tverberg on why Oil Decline will be FAST

Posted on May 5, 2014 by

Will the decline in world oil supply be fast or slow? April 11, 2011 by Gail Tverberg Below are excerpts, read the link above to see all of this excellent article. Gail makes the case that the downslope of energy … Continue reading →

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Homer-Dixon Key findings on resources and war / violence

Posted on May 2, 2014 by

The Project on Environmental Scarcities, State Capacity, and Civil Violence Key Findings Abot 50 experts from 5 countries, developed a detailed set of conceptual tools for thinking about environmental scarcity and state capacity. Environmental scarcity has 3 sources: reduced resource … Continue reading →

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After a nation crashes it can’t afford oil, collapse happens FAST

Posted on May 1, 2014 by

Why fixing energy policy is so difficult April 25, 2011 by Gail Tverberg Everyone would like to fix the US energy policy, but doing so is almost impossible, in my view, because we need to be planning for a much bigger … Continue reading →

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Tom Whipple on how the energy crisis might unfold

Posted on April 25, 2014 by

The Peak Oil Crisis: An Announcement June 1, 2011. FNPC.com There are far too many people in nearly every country of the world that are dependent on a very complex supply chain to bring them the necessities of modern life … Continue reading →

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Energy return on investment, peak oil, and the end of economic growth

Posted on April 22, 2014 by

David J. Murphy and Charles A. S. Hall. 2011. Energy return on investment, peak oil, and the end of economic growth in “Ecological Economics Reviews.” Robert Costanza, Karin Limburg & Ida Kubiszewski, Eds. Annals of the New York Academy of … Continue reading →

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Predictions by scientists and engineers

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

Charles A. Hall and David J. Murphy.  Predictions for 2011 We predict (with relatively little certainty assigned to it) that there will continue to be (for a while) a mild economic recovery, which will increase the demand for oil, and … Continue reading →

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Richard Heinberg – collapse in a few years to decades

Posted on April 21, 2014 by

China or the U.S.: Which Will Be the Last Nation Standing? Feb 3, 2010 by Richard Heinberg Silly me. Here I had thought that world leaders would want to keep their nations from collapsing. They must be working hard to … Continue reading →

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Paul Kingsnorth on Collapse

Posted on April 20, 2014 by

It’s the End of the World as We Know It . . . and He Feels Fine APRIL 17, 2014  DANIEL SMITH    New York Times [excerpts from a very long article] Kingsnorth is 41, tall, slim and energetic, with sweeping … Continue reading →

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