

In the Face of the Four Challenges "some are more equal than others"
While the choice is ours to make, it is important to also realise that, beside the core social issue of cognitive failure on the part of...


Overcoming Power Overshoot
Of course, it remains to be seen how far the global situation has to degrade before enough people realise that we have no longer any...


In the face of cognitive failure the choice is now ours
Professor Klare concluded his “30-year war” essay by making a bet: “Were I to wager a guess [for a range of most beneficial solutions], I...


Valuable know-how to unlock real wealth
The extreme solar paradox shows in a striking way that beside energy as the sole tangible, primary source of wealth, the other...


End of Mythical Times - End of Wealth as we know it
Some readers may find the notion of myth as playing a central role in our supposedly rational world hard to digest. This calls for...


The "Gold Connection"
We have noted in an earlier posting that one of the main, grossly misunderstood, relays between energy, EROI, and “Planet Finance” is...
Third Energy Challenge
The previous analyses concerning the First and Second Energy Challenges lead us now to expand on the Third, that is, the economic and...


Second Energy Challenge - Lack of Alternatives
Unfortunately, the fossil fuels EROI issues examined previously are compounded by a lack of alternatives. In earlier postings we...


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...