

First Energy Challenge - EROI and Peak Oil
For many years a number of energy analysts have warned of the dangers of declining EROI trends for both oil and gas. While oil was...


Peering Behind the Thick Veil of Paper Money
The red curve in Figure 4, page 19, shows the evolution of US GDP/head in barrels of oil (Boev). US wealth per head peaked in 1970 just...


Tangible standards to measures long-term wealth creation dynamics
In a world where, de facto, current fiat monetary units have lost all meaning (Third Challenge) it has become vital to assess wealth...
Energy: The Fundamental Driver of Wealth Creation
While many readers might find the Four Challenges singled out in previous postings alarming, they may find it also challenging to relate...


Fourth Challenge – Global Emergency
Over the last two decades or so a number of key, global ecological thresholds have been crossed with drastic consequences in terms of the...


Four global energy and ecological challenges
Few people do realise and understand that the financial and economic crisis that has engulfed the world since 2007 is fundamentally an...


The ugly, the bad and the good
The ugly, the bad and the good – Overview of the dire global situation and of the opportunity it presents for a bright, 100% sustainable,...