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Is Peak Oil dead? Not by a long shot! Remember Ladyfern?

Posted on December 2, 2017 by energyskeptic

Preface. Oil is finite. Period. Don’t be fooled by news stories that peak oil is dead, or we have reached peak demand. They’re all nonsense. Gail Tverberg at ourfiniteworld.com is especially good at explaining this. Worse yet, what we have … Continue reading →

Posted in Oil & Gas Fracked, Peak Natural Gas | Tagged fracked gas, ladyfern, shale gas, tragedy of the commons | 1 Comment

We’re killing our food supply and technology can’t save us

Posted on November 12, 2017 by energyskeptic

Farrell, Paul B. Feb 11, 2015. Opinion: We’re killing our food supply and technology can’t save us. Big Ag can’t feed 10 billion and magical technologies won’t appear. MarketWatch. We’re maxing-out on Peak Food. Billions go hungry. We’re poisoning our … Continue reading →

Posted in Peak Fertilizer, Peak Food | Tagged fertilizer, food, peak, peak food | 4 Comments

Minerals & Energy from Ugo Bardi’s “Extracted”

Posted on October 5, 2017 by energyskeptic

Preface. This is a small section of Ugo Bardi’s excellent book “Extracted”. His most important observation is that: “The limits to mineral extraction are not limits of quantity; they are limits of energy. Extracting minerals takes energy, and the more … Continue reading →

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Kurt Cobb: Peak oil production has been hidden by the EIA by including condensate and other non-transportation fuels

Posted on September 20, 2017 by energyskeptic

[ The Energy Information Administration has done what they can to hide peak oil production by adding in everything but the kitchen sink to overall oil production numbers, such as ethanol and natural gas liquids, which are not true transportation … Continue reading →

Posted in How Much Left, Kurt Cobb, Peak Oil | Tagged API, how much oil left, kurt cobb, lease condensate, peak oil | 2 Comments

Minerals and War from Ugo Bardi’s “Extracted”

Posted on September 5, 2017 by energyskeptic

Preface. This is an extract from Ugo Bardi’s book “Extracted”. He makes the case that once we were able to forge metal weapons was when predatory nations began to invade one another to gain resources like coal to make more … Continue reading →

Posted in Mining, Peak Coal, Peak Critical Elements, Peak Oil, Peak Precious Elements, Ugo Bardi, War | Tagged coal, gold, minerals, oil, peak, ugo bardi, war | Comments Off

Peak soil: Industrial agriculture destroys ecosystems and civilizations: Biofuels make it worse

Posted on August 31, 2017 by energyskeptic

Preface. In 2018 I thought it was time to reorganize this post, as it grew more and more bloated and disorganized with new information. Eventually it turned into my 2021 book Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Biofuels, Biomass, Energy, Peak Biofuels, Peak Topsoil, Soil | Tagged aquifer depletion, biodiesel, biofuel, climate change, EROEI, EROI, erosion, ethanol, fertilizer, hunger, peak soil, pollution, topsoil | 2 Comments

Pigeon towers to cope with peak phosphate and natural gas fertilizer?

Posted on August 20, 2017 by energyskeptic

[ Natural gas based fertilizers intensified crop production per acre up to 5-fold, yet natural gas, like phosphate, is finite. We are going to be forced to reinvent our fossil-based agriculture, why not start with pigeon towers? Beats going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Farming & Ranching, Peak Phosphorus | Tagged agriculture, phosphate, pigeon towers, what to do | 3 Comments

Summary of German Armed Forces Peak Oil Study

Posted on August 14, 2017 by energyskeptic

[This is a summary I first published in 2011. It’s important, so I’ve re-posted it today. According to Der Spiegel this study was leaked and not meant for publication. The document concludes that the public must be made aware of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, GOVERNMENT, Government study predictions, Military, Over Oil, Peak Oil, Peak Resources, War, War Books | Tagged and Technologies, Armed Forces, Capabilities, collapse, fast crash, german peak oil, in the 21st Century Environmental Dimensions of Security, market crash, peak oil, war | 4 Comments

Theo Henckens: do we need mining quotas to prevent mineral depletion?

Posted on August 1, 2017 by energyskeptic

Preface: Ugo Bardi writes: “Currently, the problem of resource depletion is completely missing from the political debate. There has to be some reason why some problems tend to disappear from the public’s radar as they become worse. Unfortunately, the depletion … Continue reading →

Posted in Mining, Peak Critical Elements | Tagged antimony, limits to growth, molybdenum, peak minerals, zinc | Comments Off

How reasonable are oil production scenarios from public agencies?

Posted on July 31, 2017 by energyskeptic

So far both the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and International Energy Agency (IEA) are on target in their predictions. In 2014 (the last year for which there is data), world production of crude oil and lease condensate was 77.833 … Continue reading →

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