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  • The age of energy disruptions

    We have entered the age of global energy disruptions, and the “energy transition” that we are inevitably headed for is unlikely to be the one we expect.

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  • 10 years after the oil price spike: Is peak oil a process rather than a moment?

    Rather than invalidating the ‘peak oil’ theory, the investor-subsidized U.S. shale oil boom might have been little more than a dangerous detour.

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  • How much of the world’s energy is supplied by renewables?

    Estimates of the contribution of renewable energy sources to the global energy mix vary significantly. This post documents and analyses these discrepancies.

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  • Storage is the ‘holy grail’ of the energy transition – Or is it?

    New research raises some crucial questions about the energetic performance of available energy storage options and their ability to support the transition to renewable energy.

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  • Is there such a thing as a “net energy cliff”?

    New research outlines how energy resource depletion and declining energy return on investment (EROI) may affect prosperity.

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Book review: Energy: A Human History, by Richard Rhodes

July 11, 2018 One comment

Pulitzer-winning author Richard Rhodes writes engagingly and with admirable clarity a history of energy that is a woefully incomplete.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Robert U. Ayres

October 13, 2017 Leave a comment

Book Review: Energy and Civilization, by Vaclav Smil

June 26, 2017 One comment

Book Review: Energy Return on Investment, by Charles Hall

June 22, 2017 Leave a comment

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  • The age of energy disruptions December 17, 2021
  • 10 years after the oil price spike: Is peak oil a process rather than a moment? July 12, 2018
  • Book review: Energy: A Human History, by Richard Rhodes July 11, 2018

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