Posts Tagged ‘ oil shortages ’

Zombie Economics, Part II

Nov 27th, 2008 | By James Howard Kunstler | Category: Economics, Featured, Macro Economics, Oil
As the fiesta of “globalism” (Tom Friedman-style) draws to a close — another consequence of currency problems — we’ll have to figure out how to make things in this country again. We will not be manufacturing things at the scale, or in the manner, we were used to in, say, ...read more

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Oil Exports

Jun 24th, 2008 | By Whiskey Contributor | Category: Commodities, Energy, Oil
For a useful way to think about energy exports and prices, Dallas based geologist Jeffrey Brown points to the current situation with global rice supplies. Brown among others worked on the Export Land Model (ELM), a model that reflects the decline in oil exports as a result of Peak Oil. As ...read more

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