It was the 2004 documentary, the End of Suburbia that introduced me to the principle of Peak Oil and where I first encountered names like Mike Ruppert, James Howard Kunstler and Richard Heinberg. Right now, it seems to me that although in some ways the documentary got some things wrong – they failed to foresee fracking and other methods that have kept things going); it was also made before the 2008 financial meltdown that was not addressed although it was…
No one will win in the Russia-Ukraine conflict Gail Tverberg Most people have a preconceived notion that there will be a clear winner and loser from any war. In their view, the world economy will go on, much as before, after the war is “won” by one side or the other. In my view, we are basically dealing with a no-win situation. No matter what the outcome, the world economy will be worse off after the fighting stops. The problem…
I had intended to put something together about how the West is committing suicide in its response to the war in Ukraine. First back to basics Economic Warning! Russia & Energy = Imminent Financial/Economic Disaster A troublesome shortfall in oil has been converted into a very real shortage that will translate into an economic nightmare. In this video I ‘do my thing’ and connect dots for you in a way that provides you with insights you can turn into concrete…
Maybe Never Warns Industry Expert We’ve all seen energy prices skyrocket over the past year — for the oil & natural gas that heat our homes, the electricity we use, and the gasoline we put in our cars. And certain parts of the world have been concerned about simply getting “enough” energy — at whatever the price — to see them through the winter. Why did energy suddenly become so in demand, and how did it get so expensive so…
A Global Oil Shortage Is Inevitable Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, While oil and gas companies come under pressure to reduce production, the world’s thirst for new supply is only growing Without a significant uptick in investment, demand for oil and gas will surpass supply in the not-so-distant future This disconnect between the political desire for less fossil fuels and the global hunger for fossil fuels could drive the price of oil up to $100 Chronic underinvestment in new…
This video contains very important information that, in the midst of the covid plandemic and vaccine genocide could be overlooked. It brings me full-circle, back to my blog of 10 years ago. Here we are again. The policy responses to Covid have been awful, but those failures are utterly dwarfed by the energy and supply chain policy inactions that are bringing us into a very dark winter. While COVID-19 has occupied a lot of our intellectual and emotional energy over…
Peak Prosperity There’s one thing that I think might cause a breakdown in the system of money and halt the economic expansion in its tracks. Come to learn about the critical importance of Net Energy, stay for the prediction about how an oil shortage within the next year could cause the gross experiment in money printing to come to a grinding halt.
If there was anyone who inspired me to start this blog it was Mike Ruppert, who died in 2014 Mike’s Story by Jenna Orkin Mike left us an abundance of gifts, not least of which was his story. As an investigative journalist, he loved a good story even more keenly than the next man. And perhaps the one he loved most (as we all do, or would like to) was his own. It was indeed a fascinating story, which goes…
The following is the very first blog post I posted on 1 April, 2011. I have left it ‘as is’ with the removed video. Reflections on Peak Oil, climate change and resource depletion I am very concerned at the turn of events in the world. Numerous crises are occurring simultaneously that indicate a rapid deterioration in the situation for many countries (and the world in general). MANAGEMENT (AND DISTORTION) OF NEWS BY THE MEDIA The way we…
