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Gail Tverberg

Researcher writer at OurFiniteWorld.com
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Gail Tverberg is a researcher on subjects related to energy and the economy. Her background is as actuary, who did financial modeling for insurance companies, so she brings a different perspective to the question of how limits of a finite world affect the economy.
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The World’s Weird Self-Organizing Economy
Thursday, July 12, 2018 6:59 PM EDT
Why it is so difficult to make accurate long-term economic forecasts for the world economy.
In this article: OIL
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Eight Insights Based On December 2017 Energy Data
Friday, June 22, 2018 11:30 AM EDT
If China expects to maintain its high GDP growth ratio as a manufacturing country, it will need to keep its energy consumption growth up.
In this article: OIL, USO, UNG
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Our Energy Problem Is A Quantity Problem
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 12:35 PM EDT
Total world energy consumption has risen quickly over time.
In this article: BNO, OIL
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Why Oil Prices Can’t Rise Very High, For Very Long
Thursday, April 19, 2018 10:53 AM EDT
Oil prices are now as high as they have been for three years. The world economy cannot withstand high prices for any of these resources for very long.
In this article: OIL, UCO, USO
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Why The Standard Model Of Future Energy Supply Doesn’t Work
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 3:30 PM EDT
The most prevalent view regarding future oil supply, as well as total energy supply, seems to be fairly closely related to that expressed by Peak Oilers.
In this article: OIL
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Our Latest Oil Predicament
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 10:02 AM EDT
Oil shortages, and energy shortages, in general, have a multitude of adverse impacts on economies.
In this article: OIL, BNO
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Raising Interest Rates Is Like Starting A Fission Chain Reaction
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 9:54 AM EDT
Economies, below a certain “stall speed,” cannot repay debt with interest, and cannot hope to provide entrepreneurs with an adequate return on investment. Our low rate of growth is already close to this stall speed.
In this article: OIL, USO
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Will The World Economy Continue To “Roll Along” In 2018?
Tuesday, January 9, 2018 3:58 PM EDT
The world economy badly needs rising energy consumption per capita. Plans to raise interest rates and sell QE securities, when the economy is already “at the edge,” are playing with fire.
In this article: OIL, USO, BNO, EEM
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The Depression Of The 1930s Was An Energy Crisis
Tuesday, December 19, 2017 10:44 AM EDT
Even back in the 1820 to 1900 period, world per capita energy had gradually risen as an increasing amount of coal was used.
In this article: OIL, USO
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A Video Game Analogy To Our Energy Predicament
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 10:30 AM EDT
The way the world economy is manipulated by world leaders is a little like a giant video game. The object of the game is to keep the world economy growing, without too many adverse consequences to particular members of the world economy.
In this article: OIL
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Will China Bring An Energy-Debt Crisis?
Wednesday, November 8, 2017 10:46 AM EDT
It is easy for those of us in the West to overlook how important China has become to the world economy, and also the limits it is reaching. The two big areas in which China seems to be reaching limits are energy production and debt.
In this article: OIL, UNG
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The Approaching US Energy-Economic Crisis
Thursday, October 19, 2017 9:14 AM EDT
Neither China nor Saudi Arabia obtains as much economic growth, relative to its energy expenditures, as does the US. In order to make sense of what is happening, we need to look at the world total.
In this article: OIL, UCO, USO
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Why Oil Prices Can’t Bounce Very High; Expect Deflation Instead
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 12:00 PM EDT
It is quite possible that oil prices will bounce back up to $80 or even $100 per barrel, for a short time. But if they rise very high, for very long, there will be adverse impacts on other segments of the economy.
In this article: OIL, BNO, UNG
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World GDP In Current U.S. Dollars Seems To Have Peaked; This Is A Problem
Monday, August 14, 2017 12:44 PM EDT
What has been concerning for the last couple of years is that World GDP is no longer growing robustly. In fact, it may even have started shrinking, with 2014 being the peak year.
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Researchers Have Been Underestimating The Cost Of Wind And Solar
Sunday, July 23, 2017 5:54 PM EDT
How should electricity from wind turbines and solar panels be evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are stand-alone devices? Or because of intermittency and other factors,should we recognize the need for supporting services?
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The Next Financial Crisis Is Not Far Away
Sunday, July 2, 2017 5:31 PM EDT
We should expect financial collapse quite soon–perhaps as soon as the next few months. Our problem is energy related, but not in the way that most Peak Oil groups describe. It's more related to the election of President Trump and to the Brexit vote.
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