Our economic perturbations become more bizarre every day.
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The Peak Oil Crisis: Bankruptcy
A few years back peak oil all seemed so simple.
The Peak Oil Crisis: A Turning Point?
Events are moving faster all the time. Some are highly visible such as the falling stock markets, the steadily rising unemployment numbers and the drumbeat of global gloom and doom emanating from the media.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Parsing the Numbers
Someday peak oil will be about high gas prices and lines at the pumps, but for the time being it is mostly about numbers – lots and lots of numbers.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Economic Rebound
A few years ago, peak oil was relatively easy to understand. At some point in the future, and estimates varied as to exactly when, oil production was going to start declining due to a combination of geologic and geopolitical factors, prices were going to rise precipitously and a massive civilization-wrenching […]
The Peak Oil Crisis: Leadership
We are having an election for Governor in Virginia this year and, as could be expected, inboxes and mail slots are already filling with messages from the candidates.
The Peak Oil Crisis: What of 2009?
Our wish has been granted for we are indeed living in interesting times. The world’s economy is either collapsing or is putting on a very good imitation of doing so.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Confusion In the Markets
If you don’t understand what is going on with the price of gasoline and demand for the world’s oil supply, then join the club.
The Peak Oil Crisis: July 2008 – A Month To Remember
There is a growing consensus among those who follow such things, that the new high of world oil production (87.9 million barrels a day) reached last July is likely to go down in history as the all-time peak.
The Peak Oil Crisis: A Steepening Slope
Thus far, last week’s OPEC production cut of 1.5 million barrels a day (b/d) has done little to stem the slide in oil prices.
