Gail Tverberg

Latest articles from Gail

• The Energy Crisis That No One Is Talking About

  Published 06 May 2021 | viewed 27,837 times

  We live in a world where words are very carefully chosen. Companies hire public relations firms to give just the right “spin” to what they…

• Energy And Our Collapsing Debt Bubble

  Published 25 March 2021 | viewed 6,988 times

  A $1.9 trillion stimulus package was recently signed into law in the United States. Can such a stimulus bill, plus packages passed in other countries,…

• The Post-COVID ‘Great Reset’ Won’t Be Fueled By Renewables

  Published 03 September 2020 | viewed 22,450 times

  It seems like a reset of an economy should work like a reset of your computer: Turn it off and turn it back on again;…

• Recession Fears Cap Oil Prices In 2020

  Published 11 January 2020 | viewed 41,416 times

  Energy Forecast for 2020 Overall, I expect that oil and other commodity prices will remain low in 2020. These low oil prices will adversely affect…

• Could Low Energy Growth Lead To A Recession?

  Published 14 December 2019 | viewed 13,591 times

  Many people have the impression that recessions come from financial missteps, such as the US subprime loan fiasco. If energy is involved at all, the…

• The Big Lie Behind Global Energy Policy

  Published 16 November 2019 | viewed 31,738 times

  The world today has a myriad of energy policies. One of them seems to be to encourage renewables, especially wind and solar. Another seems to…

• Renewable Energy's Inconvenient Truth

  Published 26 October 2019 | viewed 194,662 times

  The energy needs of the world’s economy seem to be easy to model. Energy consumption is measured in a variety of different ways including kilowatt-hours,…

• The Biggest Problem With Renewables

  Published 03 August 2019 | viewed 37,139 times

  Powering the world’s economy with wind, water and solar, and perhaps a little wood sounds like a good idea until a person looks at the…

• Why We Should Worry About Low Oil Prices

  Published 01 December 2018 | viewed 37,533 times

  Many people, including most Peak Oilers, expect that oil prices will rise endlessly. They expect rising oil prices because, over time, companies find it necessary…

• Are High Oil Prices Sustainable?

  Published 21 April 2018 | viewed 19,273 times

  Oil prices are now as high as they have been for three years. At this writing, Brent is $74.14 per barrel and West Texas Intermediate…

• Continuously Rising Energy Costs Will Cripple The Economy

  Published 08 April 2018 | viewed 21,747 times

  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…

• Oil Markets Should Fear A Demand Shortage

  Published 18 March 2018 | viewed 46,399 times

  It is impossible to tell the whole oil story, but perhaps I can offer a few insights regarding where we are today. [1] We already…

• Increased Interest Rates Could Cause A Drop In Oil Prices

  Published 24 February 2018 | viewed 26,583 times

  Central bankers seem to think that adjusting interest rates is a nice little tool that they can easily handle. The problem is that higher interest…

• How Globalization Will Create An Energy Crisis

  Published 03 February 2018 | viewed 30,459 times

  Since the late 1990s, globalization has seemed to be the great hope for the future. Now this great hope seems to be dimming. Globalization sets…

• Could An Oil Surplus Be A Sign Of Things To Come?

  Published 14 January 2018 | viewed 25,714 times

  Today, we have a surplus of oil, which we are trying to use up. That has never happened before, or did it? Well, actually, it…

• The Geopolitical Video Game

  Published 02 December 2017 | viewed 12,327 times

  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…

• Is China Heading Toward An Energy-Debt Crisis?

  Published 11 November 2017 | viewed 21,900 times

  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…

• The Approaching U.S. Energy-Economic Crisis

  Published 21 October 2017 | viewed 17,931 times

  I was recently asked to give a talk called, “The Approaching US Energy-Economic Crisis.” In other words, how might the United States encounter problems that…

• Oil Is Unlikely To Return To $80

  Published 09 September 2017 | viewed 45,215 times

  Economists have given us a model of how prices and quantities of goods are supposed to interact. (Click to enlarge) Figure 1. From Wikipedia: The…

• Are Researchers Underestimating The Cost Of Renewables?

  Published 29 July 2017 | viewed 11,787 times

  How should electricity from wind turbines and solar panels be evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are stand-alone devices? Or do these…