Gail Tverberg

JANUARY 18, 2022

In my view, there are three ways a growing economy can be sustained: With a growing supply of cheap-to-produce energy products, matched to the economy’s energy needs. And the growth in debt looks increasingly like a bubble that can easily be popped, perhaps by rising interest rates. My analysis suggests that it is not.

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Gail Tverberg

AUGUST 3, 2023

It has recently become clear to me that heavy oil, which is needed to produce diesel and jet fuel, plays a far more significant role in the world economy than most people understand. This, too, adds costs. Otherwise, there would be too much of the product mix that would be like asphalt.

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Gail Tverberg

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

We have been told that intermittent electricity from wind and solar, perhaps along with hydroelectricity, can be the basis of a green economy. A recent Reuters’ article is titled, Weak winds worsened Europe’s power crunch; utilities need better storage. Things are increasingly not working out as planned, however.

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Gail Tverberg

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A PDF of my talk can be found at this link. An mp4 video of my talk can be found at this link: Gail Tverberg’s Nov. Most people attending my talk reported that they had mostly heard about the issue on the right end of Slide 2: the problem of using too much fossil fuel and related climate change. This is a physics issue.

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B the Change

JULY 13, 2022

and setting an example that other companies can follow. (B Community “During the pandemic, we donated thousands of meals to local hospitals and care centers, helping to nourish our front-line workers. And now that the world is coming back, we’re going to every length to participate in as many community events as we can.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2021

How far have we progressed to date? This article offers a few thoughts from Dr Richard George, Chief Data Scientist at Faethm AI , a software-as-a-service analytics firm with a focus on technology and skills. You have to go back a long way to the last time we reached these levels on Earth; 2.6 million by 2030.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In Beck’s mind, too , forwarding-thinking companies should look at natural resources not just as consumables but as recyclable goods, and then design systems and products in a way that eliminates waste. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. and globally by 2040. Paul, Minnesota.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We’ll discuss the ways that we can better understand our own carbon footprint, and work to reduce it—and why putting pressure as consumers on large corporations may matter just as much as individual actions. Together, we can create a healthier relationship with nature, which, you know, also includes us. I’m Sophia Li. Let’s do this.

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Gail Tverberg

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It can grow for a time, but eventually it reaches limits of many kinds. Ultimately, it can be expected to stop growing and collapse. Ultimately, this inadequate energy supply can be expected to pull the world economy toward collapse. Humans eat food to provide them with energy. Thought map by Gail Tverberg.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MAY 4, 2022

You want to save the world, and you’ve got an idea that you think could go big. Either way, you can’t just do stuff. ” One of my all-time favorite SSIR articles is “ The Strategic Plan Is Dead. .” ” One of my all-time favorite SSIR articles is “ The Strategic Plan Is Dead.

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Gail Tverberg

MARCH 28, 2022

In their view, the world economy will go on, much as before, after the war is “won” by one side or the other. Because of depletion, the world economy is reaching a point where it can no longer grow in the way it has in the past. Most people have a preconceived notion that there will be a clear winner and loser from any war.

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Gail Tverberg

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In their book Secular Cycles , researchers Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov found that economies tend go through four distinct phases in each cycle, with each stage lasting for quite a few years: Growth. This is the reason for saying that headwinds are beginning to hold the economy back in the title of this article. Stagflation.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2020

But something extraordinary is going on at this Eastman chemical plant: two breakthrough processes to turn waste plastics of all kinds back into new plastics, continuously, with no loss of quality. Both technologies are or will be hitting the market, so it is too soon to call them a success. Chemical reaction.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Her crowning achievement, so far at least, was building Our Green Impact. Ballen, who recently took on her new role at Indigo Ag, says her time working in the food and beverage sector shed light on "just how important agriculture is to a sustainable future and the climate change battle.". — Meg Wilcox. Heather Clancy. LinkedIn .

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The contraption Matt Sheffer wants to show me sits at the far end of a field of alfalfa and grasses, a weave of green and pale gold, broken only by the parallel grooves we’re trudging along, a path carved by the tires of a pickup truck. Early research also indicates farmers using these techniques can reap long-term financial gains. .

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