Item of General Interest
Oct. 23 . A new interview by Chris Martenson is now up. He calls it Why There's No Economically Sustainable Price for Oil Anymore.
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Why I Don’t Believe Randers’ Limits to Growth Forecast to 2052
Jorgen Randers published a book in 2012 called 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next 40 Years. A note on the front says, “A report to the Club of Rome, Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of The Limits to Growth.” If we … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged 2052, Jorgen Randers, Liebig's Law of the Minimum, limits to growth
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Discontinuity Ahead – Oil Limits will Adversely Affect the Economy
What will the world economy be like ten years from now? Or fifty years from now? Is it something that we can forecast by looking at the past, assuming that past tends will continue? Most economists today seem to think … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged economic growth, networked system, oil prices, recession
119 Comments
Oil and Gas Limits Underlie Syria’s Conflict
In my view, oil and gas resource limits are major contributors to the conflict in Syria. This is happening in several ways: 1. Syria is an oil exporter that is in increasingly perilous financial condition because of depleting oil resources. When … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged Egypt, oil depletion, oil exports, Syria, Syria oil
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