Category Archives: Over Oil

New war and energy alliances over next resource wars

Posted on October 29, 2024 by energyskeptic

Preface. My greatest fear is nuclear war over the remaining resources on earth, since that has the potential of driving us extinct. I don’t believe there are enough fossil fuels left to do that via climate change because world conventional … Continue reading →

Posted in Middle East, Over Oil | Tagged middle east, oil, war, wmd | 6 Comments

Book Review of “War: How Conflict Shaped Us”

Posted on September 2, 2022 by energyskeptic

Preface. This is a very profound and wide-ranging book about many aspects of war, the reasons for fighting, what it’s like to be a soldier, women’s roles during wars, the history and future of war, and more, a really outstanding … Continue reading →

Posted in Over Oil, War Books | Tagged conflict, military, resources, war | Comments Off

Is there a long emergency plan for peak oil?

Posted on February 8, 2022 by energyskeptic

Source: A year on the midieval farm https://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/year-medieval-farm/ Last updated March 2022. Ever since I learned about peak oil in 2000 after reading my grandfather Pettijohn’s memoir (Pettijohn 1984), I’ve wondered what The Plan To Cope with Oil Decline … Continue reading →

Posted in An Index of Best Energyskeptic Posts, Energy Policy & Politicians, Farming & Ranching, Government on what to do, Military, guns, Over Oil | Tagged agriculture, carrying capacity, dawn of everything, emergency plans, long emergency, peak oil, war, weapons | Comments Off

Pentagon report: collapse within 20 years from climate change

Posted on May 23, 2021 by energyskeptic

Preface. The report that the article by Ahmed below is based on is: Brosig, M., et al. 2019. Implications of climate change for the U.S. Army. United States Army War College. It was written in 2019, before covid-19 and so … Continue reading →

Posted in Arctic, Blackouts, Climate Change, Infrastructure & Fast Crash, Military, Over Oil | Tagged climate change, collapse, military | 2 Comments

Ugo Bardi: “Energy Dominance,” what does it mean? Decoding a Fashionable Slogan

Posted on April 9, 2019 by energyskeptic

Preface. A very good article about energy and war, explains a lot about how the world really works. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and “Crunch! Whole Grain Artisan … Continue reading →

Posted in Over Oil, Ugo Bardi | Tagged energy dominance, war | 1 Comment

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

Failing states, collapsing systems: biophysical triggers of political violence

Posted on January 31, 2017 by energyskeptic

Preface. In this post I summarize the sections of Nafeez’s book about the biophysical factors that bring nations down (i.e. climate change drought & water scarcity, declining revenues after peak oil, etc.) The Media tend to focus exclusively on economic … Continue reading →

Posted in Cascading Failure, Caused by Scarce Resources, Collapse of Civilizations, Collapsed & collapsing nations, Drought & Collapse, Exports decline to ZERO, Food production, Interdependencies, Limits To Growth, Middle East, Net Energy Cliff, Other Experts, Over Oil, Overpopulation, Peak Oil, Violence, War & Violence | Tagged climate change, drought, Export Land Model, peak oil, population, water scarcity | 3 Comments