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Good news: here’s why we won’t run out of minerals (including oil)

By / 27 Comments / 25 May 2019

Summary:  Among the fear barrages of the past 50 years, “running out of resources” has been the most persistent. Here is why we won’t run out of minerals. As for other kinds of resources, that is a more complex story for another day. I first ran this excerpt in January 2011. The history of America …

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Mining and manufacturing are in recession. Will America follow?

By / 11 Comments / 15 May 2016

Summary: The mining and manufacturing sectors of the US economy have rolled over. Perma-bear websites publish lurid descriptions of the horrific effect this will have on the US economy. What’s the truth? {2nd of 2 posts today.} (1) The manufacturing collapse Perma-bears often describe the manufacturing sector as in a downturn, sometimes as in a …

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