energy

Prepare now, for oil prices will rise again.

Summary: This is part 2, following yesterday’s post, What’s causing the crash in oil prices? Today we look to the future.  Oil prices will rise again. Let’s not waste this opportunity to prepare. . Contents The bottom line: oil prices will rise again. When should we prepare for peak oil? For More Information. . (5)  …

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A look at the future by DoD, a must-read for anyone interested in geopolitics!

For anyone interested in geopolitics, the long-range forecasts of military and intelligence agencies are among the best available material — the building blocks upon which one can construction one’s own vision of the world.  IMO no private agency does anything comparable in detail and esp. scope to these.   Here is the latest: “Joint Operating Environment …

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Let’s “hope and pray that Hirsch is wrong” about our oil supply

Summary:  The global recession might push back the arrival of peak oil for threee reasons. Less consumption now leaves more oil in the ground for future use. Less investment now in oil exploration and development means less consumption in the next few years (or decade). Alternative energy technology has more time to develop, reducing future …

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Higher food prices, riots, shortages – what is going on?

Summary:  Many factors are driving up food prices, but the elephant in the room is global inflation. This explains why prices are rising throughout the entire commodity complex (energy, industrial materials, precious metals, agriculture).  Plus brief discussions of biofuels, long cycles of food prices, the role of government policy, and the likelihood of resource wars. “Global Market Brief: Food …

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