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#242. The dynamics of global re-pricing
#242. The dynamics of global re-pricing IN SEARCH OF EXPLANATIONS SUMMARY There is a growing acknowledgement that the World economy has entered a new era. We know that the cost of capital is trending upwards, with adverse consequences for asset prices. But there’s been remarkably little inclination to examine the underlying processes that are causing this […]
Energy Bills In Europe Are 90% Higher Than Last Year
Energy Bills In Europe Are 90% Higher Than Last Year Electricity and gas prices are soaring across Europe, with bills close to double from last year in most European capitals, according to new data from the Household Energy Price Index—a monthly tracker of energy prices for households across 33 European capitals, including the 27 EU member […]
Arthur Berman: “The Devil is in the Diesel”
Arthur Berman: “The Devil is in the Diesel”
The UN Reveals Plan To BAN All Fossil Fuels
The UN Reveals Plan To BAN All Fossil Fuels I want to go over and address this climate change summit. The cop37 or whatever it’s called in Egypt has allegedly produced some extremely inflammatory rhetoric. Absolutely insane. The scary reality is that if this rhetoric continues, it could kill hundreds of millions of people. I’m […]
The decoupling canard won’t die…
The decoupling canard won’t die… aka, ‘Green Growth is an oxymoron’! I keep coming across people contending that decoupling will allow continued economic expansion, whilst reducing emissions. I put together this summary of rebuttals: This is a great starting observation from Tim Morgan at Surplus energy economics: “At the same time, we should dismiss the […]
Oil Prices Are Primed To Spike This Winter
Oil Prices Are Primed To Spike This Winter The EU embargo on seaborne Russian crude oil exports and the G7 price cap on Russian oil are both less than a month away. While a global economic slowdown and weak oil demand in China have capped prices, looming supply disruptions will likely send oil prices higher. […]
Tucker Carlson: The U.S. is about to run out of diesel fuel
Tucker Carlson: The U.S. is about to run out of diesel fuel
How much oil remains for the world to produce? Comparing assessment methods, and separating fact from fiction
How much oil remains for the world to produce? Comparing assessment methods, and separating fact from fiction Abstract This paper assesses how much oil remains to be produced, and whether this poses a significant constraint to global development. We describe the different categories of oil and related liquid fuels, and show that public-domain by-country and global […]
One Of Spain’s Largest Hydro-Power Plants To Halt Operations As Drought Worsens
One Of Spain’s Largest Hydro-Power Plants To Halt Operations As Drought Worsens A large drop in renewable energy output is forcing Spain to increase natural gas demand to generate electricity at a time Europe is in the worst energy crisis in a generation. Spain’s hydropower output has been halved this year due to drought, and things could […]
Oil is Bankrupt (If We Want It)
Oil is Bankrupt (If We Want It) Alberta’s Oil Companies Are the Walking Dead. Albert’s oil-patch is a zombie, the walking dead. The companies that extract oil there owe more money than they can pay, more than they can borrow, more than they can earn. If they were made to pay their lawful debts, they […]
Energy’s role in economic production is severely underestimated!
Energy’s role in economic production is severely underestimated! Another brilliant exposition by Prof Steve Keen. The wording below is from a LinkedIn post I made tonight, targeted to Megan Woods (NZ Energy Minister) and Tina Schirr (BEC Lead) I posted the following to LinkedIn tonight, here’s the link to the OP: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nathansurendran_friede-gard-prize-lecture-05-energy-in-production-activity-6994962828289851392-oU7s Friede Gard Prize Lecture […]
US NatGas Futures Jump As Frigid Weather Set To Swoop Across Country
US NatGas Futures Jump As Frigid Weather Set To Swoop Across Country US natural gas futures bottomed on Oct. 24 after a 50% haircut on warmer weather. In the last two weeks, prices have staged a rally on the prospect of cold weather and tighter supplies. Last Monday, we penned a note titled “US NatGas Spikes […]
Vietnam Gas Stations Start To Close Due To Widespread Shortages
Vietnam Gas Stations Start To Close Due To Widespread Shortages While the US awaits with bated breath to see if there will be any diesel inventories after the midterm elections (see “Forget Oil, The Real Crisis Is Diesel Inventories: The US Has Just 25 Days Left”), other countries are already seeing gas stations run dry. […]
There Is No Way Out for Europe
There Is No Way Out for Europe “Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder” The late historian Toynbee argued, that when civilizations meet a challenge they cannot overcome or resolve, they rather commit suicide than to let themselves murdered by outside forces. I sincerely doubt however that anyone from the political class in the West […]
Austria Looks To Ban Oil And Coal Heaters From 2023
Austria Looks To Ban Oil And Coal Heaters From 2023 Austria’s government is looking to ban the use of new fossil fuel heaters as of next year and replace very old oil and coal heaters with climate-friendly options by 2025, Euractiv reports. Austria, like the other EU countries, aims to cut its reliance on Russian gas […]
