Gail Tverberg

Researcher writer at OurFiniteWorld.com
Contributor's Links: Our Finite World

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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HH COVID-19 And The Economy: Where Do We Go From Here?
Friday, June 26, 2020 10:17 AM EDT
The COVID-19 story keeps developing. How vigorously should we be fighting COVID-19? The story is more complex than most people understand.
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Energy Problems Fuel Increased Violence
Wednesday, June 3, 2020 11:00 AM EDT
Historical energy consumption data shows that violence often accompanies periods when energy production is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of the growing population.
In this article: XLE
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Understanding Our Pandemic – Economy Predicament
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:30 PM EDT
The world’s number one problem today is that the world’s population is too large for its resource base. Some people have called this situation overshoot.
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EC COVID-19 And Oil At $1: Is There A Way Forward?
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 11:20 AM EDT
Many people are concerned with the low price of oil. Others are concerned about slowing or stopping COVID-19. Is there any way forward?
In this article: OIL, UCO, USO
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Economies Won’t Be Able To Recover After Shutdowns
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 9:08 PM EDT
The longer the shutdowns last, the worse shape the world economy will be in. Thus, when businesses are restarted, we can expect even more protests and more divisive politics.
In this article: OIL
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EC It Is Easy To Overdo COVID-19 Quarantines
Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:44 AM EDT
We have learned historically that if we can isolate sick people, we can often keep a communicable disease from spreading. Unfortunately, the situation with the new coronavirus causing COVID-19 is different.
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STOCKS I FOLLOW

ACGPF Accell Group NV Heerenveen
AMRC Ameresco Inc.
BGC General Cable Corporation
CCJ Cameco Corporation
COP ConocoPhillips
CVX Chevron Corporation
DTO DB Crude Oil Double Short ETN
FF FutureFuel Corp.
HASI Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital
IWM iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund
JXI iShares S&P Global Utilities Sector Index Fund
MCQPF CAPSTONE INFRAS CORP
MIXT MiX Telematics Limited
NFYEF NEW FLYER INDS INC
OIL iPath B S&P GSCI Crude Oil TR ETN
PBW PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio
PW Power Reit
PW-PA Power REIT 7.75% Series A Cumul
SU Suncor Energy Inc.
TRSWF TransAlta Renewables Inc.
UCO ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil
USO United States Oil Fund, LP
XOI NYSE ARCA OIL & GAS INDEX
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation
YLCO Global X YieldCo Index ETF
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Latest Posts
Introduction To The “World’s Fragile Economic Condition”
I will be giving a presentation to a group of casualty actuaries on September 17 called “The World’s Fragile Economic Condition.”
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Supplemental Energy Puts Humans In Charge
Energy is a subject that is greatly misunderstood.
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Work Experience

Director of Energy Economics
Director of Energy Economics
February 2013 - Present (7 years 7 months)

Provide view of future energy economics, and how space solar will fit in.
Researcher
Our Finite World
November 2010 - Present (9 years 10 months)

Author of educational web site which offers a broad perspective on the challenges we are facing in energy, mineral extraction, food, population, climate, and financial areas, as we reach world limits. The focus of the site is on original research, particularly related to energy and the economy.
Contributor--Editor
TheOilDrum.com
June 2007 - September 2013 (6 years 5 months)

Helped select and edit articles appearing on the energy website, The Oil Drum. Authored many articles under the name "Gail the Actuary."

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago
MS
1968 / 1970
Mathematics

Publications

Our Finite World
Gail Tverberg
Gail Tverberg

Exploring how oil limits affect the economy.