Gail Tverberg

Latest articles from Gail

• Why Cheap Energy Is A Must For The Global Economy

  Published 30 October 2016 | viewed 13,611 times

  I have been telling a fairly different energy story from most energy researchers. How could I possibly be correct? What have other researchers been missing?…

• The Coming Oil Price Crash

  Published 12 October 2016 | viewed 131,920 times

  We have been hearing a great deal about IMF concerns recently, after the release of its October 2016 World Economic Outlook and its Annual Meeting…

• Energy Is At The Center Of Falling Productivity Growth

  Published 25 September 2016 | viewed 13,475 times

    What really causes falling productivity growth? The answer seems to be very much energy-related. Human labor by itself does not cause productivity growth. It…

• How Intermittent Renewables Are Harming The Electricity Grid

  Published 03 September 2016 | viewed 41,227 times

  Many people are hoping for wind and solar PV to transform grid electricity in a favorable way. Is this really possible? Is it really feasible…

• How Peak Oil Was Misunderstood

  Published 11 August 2016 | viewed 20,305 times

  The Peak Oil story got some things right. Back in 1998, Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère wrote an article published in Scientific American called, “The…

• Could Peak Coal Really Be Here?

  Published 22 June 2016 | viewed 10,915 times

  The world’s coal resources are clearly huge. How could China, or the world in total, reach peak coal in a timeframe that makes a difference?…

• Why We Need $120 Oil

  Published 31 May 2016 | viewed 42,957 times

  $50 per barrel oil is clearly less impossible to live with than $30 per barrel oil, because most businesses cannot make a profit with $30…

• What Experts Miss When Discussing Peak Oil

  Published 15 May 2016 | viewed 18,302 times

  For a long time, a common assumption has been that the world will eventually “run out” of oil and other non-renewable resources. Instead, we seem…

• How Debt Links Energy And The Economy

  Published 06 May 2016 | viewed 11,651 times

  There are many who believe that the use of energy is critical to the growth of the economy. In fact, I am among these people.…

• A Lasting Solution To Low Oil Prices

  Published 19 April 2016 | viewed 28,896 times

  Oil production can be confusing because there are various “pieces” that may or may not be included. In this analysis, I look at oil production…

• The Unexpected Threat To Our Economic Growth System

  Published 18 March 2016 | viewed 10,023 times

  Economic growth never seems to be as high as those making forecasts would like it to be. This is a record of recent forecasts by…

• Demand For Oil Slows As Globalization Reaches Limits

  Published 03 March 2016 | viewed 20,584 times

  We have been living in a world of rapid globalization, but this is not a condition that we can expect to continue indefinitely.Figure 1. Ratio…

• A Market Collapse Is On The Horizon

  Published 12 February 2016 | viewed 52,713 times

  What is ahead for 2016? Most people don’t realize how tightly the following are linked: 1. Growth in debt2. Growth in the economy3. Growth in…

• 10 Reasons why Sub $30 Oil Is A Major Problem

  Published 21 January 2016 | viewed 30,911 times

  A person often reads that low oil prices–for example, $30 per barrel oil prices–will stimulate the economy, and the economy will soon bounce back. What…

• Why Low Oil Prices Won’t Cure Low Oil Prices

  Published 27 November 2015 | viewed 14,198 times

  The traditional understanding of supply and demand works in some limited cases–will a manufacturer make red dresses or blue dresses? The manufacturer’s choice doesn’t make…

• The Peak Oil Story We Have Been Told Is Wrong

  Published 29 September 2015 | viewed 30,644 times

  Most people believe that low oil prices are good for the United States, since the discretionary income of consumers will rise. There is the added…

• Our Energy Problem Could Lead To A Major Debt Crisis

  Published 16 September 2015 | viewed 10,498 times

  Usually, we don’t stop to think about how the whole economy works together. A major reason is that we have been lacking data to see…

• We Could See An Economic Collapse As Debt Defaults Pile Up

  Published 28 August 2015 | viewed 24,182 times

  Both the stock market and oil prices have been plunging. Is this “just another cycle,” or is it something much worse? I think it is…

• ‘Net Energy’ Deficit Preventing Economic Growth

  Published 12 August 2015 | viewed 9,548 times

  We all know generally how today’s economy works:Figure 1 Our economy is a networked system. I have illustrated it as being similar to a child’s…

• 9 Reasons Why We Should Be More Worried About Low Oil Prices

  Published 24 July 2015 | viewed 30,853 times

  Why are commodity prices, including oil prices, lagging? Ultimately, the question comes back to, “Why isn’t the world economy making very many of the end…