Monthly Archives: October 2010

How Engineers View Peak Oil

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

This post presents how someone of an engineering bent approaches peak oil. Whereas economists focus, naturally enough, on prices, engineers are more interested in the flows of energy and the technologies that transform energy into services.  From a peaknik engineer’s perspective, … Continue reading →

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Petrol Affordability

Posted on October 23, 2010 by

I’ll explain how I made these later and upload the excel file.

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How Economists View Peak Oil

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

This post outlines how economists typically think about peak oil,  what I call the ‘standard narrative’ of resource transition. The purpose of this post is to lay the groundwork for a more constructive debate regarding our understanding of peak oil. Economists are … Continue reading →

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New Zealand Debt Deleveraging

Posted on October 8, 2010 by

Since I already have charts made on NZ debt levels and debt deleveraging seems to be affecting the economy more than peak oil I thought I’d take a quick diversion. The weak recovery has surprised economists. A few months ago most were … Continue reading →

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Blog Project: The Economics of Peak Oil

Posted on October 6, 2010 by

I’m neither an economist or an engineer but I’ve spoken to people from both disciplines about peak oil and I can’t help but notice that these two have differing views on the impacts of peak oil. Generally speaking, economists see … Continue reading →

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