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Models Miss Real-World Behavior", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2023/06/30/the-world-economy-is-becoming-unglued-models-miss-real-world-behavior/", "published_at": "2023-06-30T18:31:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd5-57a2-7296-883d-c7f454ba6d57", "title": "Models Hide the Shortcomings of Wind and Solar", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2023/06/02/models-hide-the-shortcomings-of-wind-and-solar/", "published_at": "2023-06-02T14:46:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650f9a2466f", "title": "The bumpy road ahead for the world economy", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2023/05/04/the-bumpy-road-ahead-for-the-world-economy/", "published_at": "2023-05-04T21:04:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fa50ac14", "title": "The Fed Cannot Fix Today’s Energy Inflation Problem", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2023/04/05/the-fed-cannot-fix-todays-energy-inflation-problem/", "published_at": "2023-04-06T01:09:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fac827ed", "title": "When the Economy Gets Squeezed by Too Little Energy", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2023/03/05/when-the-economy-gets-squeezed-by-too-little-energy/", "published_at": "2023-03-06T01:12:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fb60ec38", "title": "Ramping up wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles can’t solve our energy problem", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2023/02/03/ramping-up-wind-turbines-solar-panels-and-electric-vehicles-cant-solve-our-energy-problem/", "published_at": "2023-02-03T22:48:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fc2eea74", "title": "2023: Expect a financial crash followed by major energy-related changes", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2023/01/09/__trashed/", "published_at": "2023-01-09T14:35:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fc5d9db5", "title": "The economy is moving from a tailwind pushing it along to a headwind holding it back", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/12/16/the-economy-is-moving-from-a-tailwind-pushing-it-along-to-a-headwind-holding-it-back/", "published_at": "2022-12-16T18:09:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fcbb1665", "title": "Today’s Energy Crisis Is Very Different from the Energy Crisis of 2005", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/11/17/todays-energy-crisis-is-very-different-from-the-energy-crisis-of-2005/", "published_at": "2022-11-17T22:14:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fcf85ab3", "title": "Why financial approaches won’t fix the world’s economic problems this time", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/10/18/why-financial-approaches-wont-fix-the-worlds-economic-problems-this-time/", "published_at": "2022-10-18T14:39:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fda4d1be", "title": "Ramping Up Renewables Can’t Provide Enough Heat Energy in Winter", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/09/20/ramping-up-renewables-cant-provide-enough-heat-energy-in-winter/", "published_at": "2022-09-20T19:48:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdd8-97ef-72ba-8a62-1650fe620b54", "title": "Why No Politician Is Willing to Tell Us the Real Energy Story", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/08/23/why-no-politician-is-willing-to-tell-us-the-real-energy-story/", "published_at": "2022-08-23T19:23:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-addf-7265-8b76-126ee4a1e356", "title": "The world’s self-organizing economy can be expected to act strangely, as energy supplies deplete", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/07/28/the-worlds-self-organizing-economy-can-be-expected-to-act-strangely-as-energy-supplies-deplete/", "published_at": "2022-07-28T21:08:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-addf-7265-8b76-126ee4c7590c", "title": "Why raising interest rates to reduce inflation may work out very badly", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/07/05/why-raising-interest-rates-to-reduce-inflation-may-work-out-very-badly/", "published_at": "2022-07-05T14:44:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-addf-7265-8b76-126ee5600b94", "title": "A Few Insights Based on CDC Data Regarding COVID and its Vaccines", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/06/09/a-few-insights-based-on-cdc-data-regarding-covid-and-its-vaccines/", "published_at": "2022-06-10T00:57:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-addf-7265-8b76-126ee65e8b6c", "title": "Is the debt bubble supporting the world economy in danger of collapsing?", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2022/05/17/is-the-debt-bubble-supporting-the-world-economy-in-danger-of-collapsing/", "published_at": "2022-05-17T17:30:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bddc-addf-7265-8b76-126ee6d1a0e6", "title": "The world has a major crude oil problem; 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we should plan accordingly", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2021/04/11/we-cant-expect-covid-19-to-go-away-we-should-plan-accordingly/", "published_at": "2021-04-11T18:59:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e56314e3f15", "title": "Headed for a Collapsing Debt Bubble", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2021/03/20/headed-for-a-collapsing-debt-bubble/", "published_at": "2021-03-20T17:03:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e56322caf4b", "title": "Why Collapse Occurs; Why It May Not Be Far Away", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2021/02/25/why-collapse-occurs-why-it-may-not-be-far-away/", "published_at": "2021-02-25T20:58:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e563233f161", "title": "Where Energy Modeling Goes Wrong", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2021/02/03/where-energy-modeling-goes-wrong/", "published_at": "2021-02-04T00:32:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e56323a3440", "title": "2021: More troubles likely", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2021/01/12/2021-more-troubles-likely/", "published_at": "2021-01-12T21:18:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e563250c169", "title": "2020: The Year Things Started Going Badly Wrong", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/12/23/2020-the-year-things-started-going-badly-wrong/", "published_at": "2020-12-23T16:42:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e563323f2db", "title": "Humans Left Sustainability Behind as Hunter-Gatherers", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/12/02/humans-left-sustainability-behind-as-hunter-gatherers/", "published_at": "2020-12-02T22:12:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e5633464c80", "title": "Energy Is the Economy; Shrinkage in Energy Supply Leads to Conflict", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/11/09/energy-is-the-economy-shrinkage-in-energy-supply-leads-to-conflict/", "published_at": "2020-11-09T18:23:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e5633968c11", "title": "Fossil Fuel Production Is Reaching Limits in a Strange Way", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/10/15/fossil-fuel-production-is-reaching-limits-in-a-strange-way/", "published_at": "2020-10-15T18:00:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-fd0c-72c1-aef8-2e5633f9030b", "title": "Reaching the End of Early Stimulus – What’s Ahead?", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/09/23/reaching-the-end-of-early-stimulus-whats-ahead/", "published_at": "2020-09-23T17:44:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e7672b6a9", "title": "Today’s Energy Predicament – A Look at Some Charts", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/09/01/todays-energy-predicament-a-look-at-some-charts/", "published_at": "2020-09-01T14:02:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e768a1aac", "title": "We Need to Change Our COVID-19 Strategy", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/08/10/we-need-to-change-our-covid-19-strategy/", "published_at": "2020-08-10T18:34:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e776cca29", "title": "Why a Great Reset Based on Green Energy Isn’t Possible", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/07/17/why-a-great-reset-based-on-green-energy-isnt-possible/", "published_at": "2020-07-17T17:34:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e7848344d", "title": "COVID-19 and the economy: Where do we go from here?", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/06/25/covid-19-and-the-economy-where-do-we-go-from-here/", "published_at": "2020-06-25T16:23:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e793ee5d5", "title": "Increased Violence Reflects an Energy Problem", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/06/03/increased-violence-reflects-an-energy-problem/", "published_at": "2020-06-03T14:41:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e79c0186c", "title": "Understanding Our Pandemic – Economy Predicament", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/05/13/understanding-our-pandemic-economy-predicament/", "published_at": "2020-05-13T15:29:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e7a2d9f9b", "title": "COVID-19 and oil at $1: Is there a way forward?", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/04/21/covid-19-and-oil-at-1-is-there-a-way-forward/", "published_at": "2020-04-21T14:18:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e7aa42c83", "title": "Economies won’t be able to recover after shutdowns", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/03/31/economies-wont-be-able-to-recover-after-shutdowns/", "published_at": "2020-03-31T21:34:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e7ab9be59", "title": "It is easy to overdo COVID-19 quarantines", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/03/11/it-is-easy-to-overdo-covid-19-quarantines/", "published_at": "2020-03-11T16:25:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-583e-715a-92ec-997e7b64a748", "title": "Easily overlooked issues regarding COVID-19", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/02/18/easily-overlooked-issues-regarding-covid-19/", "published_at": "2020-02-18T19:51:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13a0df87e", "title": "It Is Easy to Overreact to the Chinese Coronavirus", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/01/29/it-is-easy-to-overreact-to-the-chinese-coronavirus/", "published_at": "2020-01-29T19:51:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13a21a3b4", "title": "Expect low oil prices in 2020; tendency toward recession", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2020/01/08/expect-low-oil-prices-in-2020-tendency-toward-recession/", "published_at": "2020-01-08T18:46:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13a576b04", "title": "Scientific Models and Myths: What Is the Difference?", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/12/17/scientific-models-and-myths-what-is-the-difference/", "published_at": "2019-12-17T21:29:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13a7de12b", "title": "Recession Ahead: An Overview of Our Predicament", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/12/08/recession-ahead-an-overview-of-our-predicament/", "published_at": "2019-12-09T01:56:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13a904ac9", "title": "Do the World’s Energy Policies Make Sense?", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/11/14/do-the-worlds-energy-policies-make-sense/", "published_at": "2019-11-14T21:15:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13aa0a172", "title": "How Renewable Energy Models Can Produce Misleading Indications", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/10/24/how-renewable-energy-models-can-produce-misleading-indications/", "published_at": "2019-10-24T14:14:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13af649bc", "title": "Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/10/02/understanding-why-the-green-new-deal-wont-really-work/", "published_at": "2019-10-02T21:55:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13b4a6d78", "title": "Our Energy and Debt Predicament in 2019", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/09/12/our-energy-and-debt-predicament-in-2019/", "published_at": "2019-09-12T15:46:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13c03e5e5", "title": "Debunking ‘Lower Oil Supply Will Raise Prices’", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/08/22/debunking-lower-oil-supply-will-raise-prices/", "published_at": "2019-08-22T14:43:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-db74-70c1-b15d-8cc13ce542b3", "title": "Rethinking Renewable Mandates", "url": "https://ourfiniteworld.com/2019/07/31/rethinking-renewable-mandates/", "published_at": "2019-07-31T18:29:24+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Affordability, Not Scarcity, Is the Real Energy Crisis original ↗

5 Aug 2026

Why Oil Shortages May Bring Lower Prices–and Recession original ↗

29 Jun 2026

China and US Trade Talks: A Solution for Oil Shortages?original ↗

12 May 2026

Losing the Iran War May Be the Best Outcome for the World original ↗

2 Apr 2026

A New Explanation for Tariffs and Bombings original ↗

3 Mar 2026

Understanding Deglobalization: The Role of Diesel and Jet Fuel original ↗

2 Feb 2026

2025

2026: Expect a very uneven world economic downturn original ↗

31 Dec 2025

Too many promises; too few future physical goods original ↗

4 Dec 2025

A lack of very cheap oil is leading to debt problems original ↗

31 Oct 2025

What has gone wrong with the economy? Can it be fixed?original ↗

6 Oct 2025

Sierra Club talk that may be of interest original ↗

13 Sept 2025

Why oil prices don’t rise to consistently high levels original ↗

19 Aug 2025

Worrying indications in recently updated world energy data original ↗

14 Jul 2025

What should individuals do in a world filled with conflict?original ↗

18 Jun 2025

Economic contraction, coming right up original ↗

27 May 2025

Brace for rapid changes in the economy; the world economy is reaching Limits to Growth original ↗

24 Apr 2025

Advanced Economies Are Being Pushed Toward Financial Collapse original ↗

31 Mar 2025

Energy limits are forcing the economy to contract original ↗

4 Mar 2025

Southeast Asia can perhaps avoid the worst impacts of inadequate oil supply original ↗

4 Feb 2025

An Energy and the Economy Forecast for 2025 original ↗

6 Jan 2025

2024

The world economy needs to simplify original ↗

4 Dec 2024

Nuclear electricity generation has hidden problems; don’t expect advanced modular units to solve them.original ↗

12 Nov 2024

Oil shortages lead to hidden conflicts–even war original ↗

14 Oct 2024

Crude oil extraction may be well past peak original ↗

12 Sept 2024

Today’s economy is like that of the late 1920s original ↗

21 Aug 2024

How Does the Economy Really Work?original ↗

22 Jul 2024

The Advanced Economies are headed for a downfall original ↗

22 Jun 2024

Reaching the end of offshored industrialization original ↗

21 May 2024

The world’s economic myths are hitting limits original ↗

18 Apr 2024

Advanced Economies Will Be Especially Hurt by Energy Limits original ↗

18 Mar 2024

Should the US add more LNG export approvals?original ↗

15 Feb 2024

2024: Too Many Things Going Wrong original ↗

16 Jan 2024

2023

Ten Things that Change without Fossil Fuels original ↗

15 Dec 2023

Running Short of Tailwinds for the Economy original ↗

22 Nov 2023

Today’s energy bottleneck may bring down major governments original ↗

25 Oct 2023

Can India come out ahead in an energy squeeze?original ↗

25 Sept 2023

Fossil Fuel Imports Are Already Constrained original ↗

31 Aug 2023

Our Oil Predicament Explained: Heavy Oil and the Diesel Fuel it Provides Are Key original ↗

3 Aug 2023

The World Economy Is Becoming Unglued; Models Miss Real-World Behavior original ↗

30 Jun 2023

Models Hide the Shortcomings of Wind and Solar original ↗

2 Jun 2023

The bumpy road ahead for the world economy original ↗

4 May 2023

The Fed Cannot Fix Today’s Energy Inflation Problem original ↗

6 Apr 2023

When the Economy Gets Squeezed by Too Little Energy original ↗

6 Mar 2023

Ramping up wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles can’t solve our energy problem original ↗

3 Feb 2023

2023: Expect a financial crash followed by major energy-related changes original ↗

9 Jan 2023

2022

The economy is moving from a tailwind pushing it along to a headwind holding it back original ↗

16 Dec 2022

Today’s Energy Crisis Is Very Different from the Energy Crisis of 2005 original ↗

17 Nov 2022

Why financial approaches won’t fix the world’s economic problems this time original ↗

18 Oct 2022

Ramping Up Renewables Can’t Provide Enough Heat Energy in Winter original ↗

20 Sept 2022

Why No Politician Is Willing to Tell Us the Real Energy Story original ↗

23 Aug 2022

The world’s self-organizing economy can be expected to act strangely, as energy supplies deplete original ↗

28 Jul 2022

Why raising interest rates to reduce inflation may work out very badly original ↗

5 Jul 2022

A Few Insights Based on CDC Data Regarding COVID and its Vaccines original ↗

10 Jun 2022

Is the debt bubble supporting the world economy in danger of collapsing?original ↗

17 May 2022

The world has a major crude oil problem; expect conflict ahead original ↗

21 Apr 2022

No one will win in the Russia-Ukraine conflict original ↗

28 Mar 2022

Russia’s attack on Ukraine represents a demand for a new world order original ↗

2 Mar 2022

Limits to Green Energy Are Becoming Much Clearer original ↗

9 Feb 2022

2022: Energy limits are likely to push the world economy into recession original ↗

18 Jan 2022

2021

Merry Christmas to All original ↗

23 Dec 2021

Is it possible that the world is approaching end times?original ↗

3 Dec 2021

Our fossil fuel energy predicament, including why the correct story is rarely told original ↗

10 Nov 2021

Spike in energy prices suggests that sharp changes are ahead original ↗

18 Oct 2021

Could we be hitting natural gas limits already?original ↗

25 Sept 2021

The Afghanistan Fiasco (and Today’s High Level of Conflict) Reflect an Energy Problem original ↗

30 Aug 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Really Work as Hoped original ↗

5 Aug 2021

To Be Sustainable, Green Energy Must Generate Adequate Taxable Revenue original ↗

15 Jul 2021

How Energy Transition Models Go Wrong original ↗

18 Jun 2021

Don’t expect the world economy to resume its prior growth pattern after COVID-19 original ↗

27 May 2021

How the World’s Energy Problem Has Been Hidden original ↗

4 May 2021

We can’t expect COVID-19 to go away; we should plan accordingly original ↗

11 Apr 2021

Headed for a Collapsing Debt Bubble original ↗

20 Mar 2021

Why Collapse Occurs; Why It May Not Be Far Away original ↗

25 Feb 2021

Where Energy Modeling Goes Wrong original ↗

4 Feb 2021

2021: More troubles likely original ↗

12 Jan 2021

2020

2020: The Year Things Started Going Badly Wrong original ↗

23 Dec 2020

Humans Left Sustainability Behind as Hunter-Gatherers original ↗

2 Dec 2020

Energy Is the Economy; Shrinkage in Energy Supply Leads to Conflict original ↗

9 Nov 2020

Fossil Fuel Production Is Reaching Limits in a Strange Way original ↗

15 Oct 2020

Reaching the End of Early Stimulus – What’s Ahead?original ↗

23 Sept 2020

Today’s Energy Predicament – A Look at Some Charts original ↗

1 Sept 2020

We Need to Change Our COVID-19 Strategy original ↗

10 Aug 2020

Why a Great Reset Based on Green Energy Isn’t Possible original ↗

17 Jul 2020

COVID-19 and the economy: Where do we go from here?original ↗

25 Jun 2020

Increased Violence Reflects an Energy Problem original ↗

3 Jun 2020

Understanding Our Pandemic – Economy Predicament original ↗

13 May 2020

COVID-19 and oil at $1: Is there a way forward?original ↗

21 Apr 2020

Economies won’t be able to recover after shutdowns original ↗

31 Mar 2020

It is easy to overdo COVID-19 quarantines original ↗

11 Mar 2020

Easily overlooked issues regarding COVID-19 original ↗

18 Feb 2020

It Is Easy to Overreact to the Chinese Coronavirus original ↗

29 Jan 2020

Expect low oil prices in 2020; tendency toward recession original ↗

8 Jan 2020

2019

Scientific Models and Myths: What Is the Difference?original ↗

17 Dec 2019

Recession Ahead: An Overview of Our Predicament original ↗

9 Dec 2019

Do the World’s Energy Policies Make Sense?original ↗

14 Nov 2019

How Renewable Energy Models Can Produce Misleading Indications original ↗

24 Oct 2019

Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work original ↗

2 Oct 2019

Our Energy and Debt Predicament in 2019 original ↗

12 Sept 2019

Debunking ‘Lower Oil Supply Will Raise Prices’original ↗

22 Aug 2019

Rethinking Renewable Mandates original ↗

31 Jul 2019