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Oil limits seem to be pushing us toward a permanent downturn, including a crash in credit availability, loss of jobs, and even possible government collapse. In this process, we are likely to lose...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2014/02/17/reaching-limits-to-growth-what-should-our-response-be/
The energy limit we are running into is a cost limit. I would argue that neither the Republican or Democrat approach to solving the problem will really work. The Republicans favor “Drill Baby D...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2013/05/30/energy-limits-is-there-anything-we-can-do/
I have written in recent posts that oil limits are more complex than what many have imagined. They aren’t just a lack of a liquid fuel; they are inability to compete in a global economy that is...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2013/04/30/reaching-oil-limits-new-paradigms-are-needed/
Resource limits are invisible, so most people don’t realize that we could possibility be approaching them. In fact, my analysis indicates resource limits are really financial limits, and in fa...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2013/03/29/how-resource-limits-lead-to-financial-collapse/
We have been hearing a lot about escaping the fiscal cliff, but our problem isn’t solved. The fixes to date have been partial and temporary. There are many painful decisions ahead. Based on wha...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2013/01/06/2013-beginning-of-long-term-recession/
This is a guest post by Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia’s Garden, a Guide to Home Scale Permaculture. It is being republished with the author’s permission. It was previously published on his...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2012/12/26/is-sustainable-agriculture-an-oxymoron/
We live in a finite world. At this point, we seem to be reaching limits in several different areas: Cheap oil. Our economy runs on cheap oil, but there is a limit to the amount of cheap oil that ...
The world is clearly reaching many limits. This graphic below shows how I see man interacting with natural systems, back before man discovered fire and back before man became intelligent enough t...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2012/05/23/limits-we-are-reaching-oil-debt-and-others/
Over Memorial Day weekend (May 25-28), I will be speaking at the Age of Limits Conference in southern Pennsylvania, not too far from Baltimore. The other speakers will be John Michael Greer, Caro...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2012/04/02/age-of-limits-conference/
We live in a world with very limited solutions to our sustainability problems. I often hear the view, “If we would just get off fossil fuels, then our society would be sustainable.” Or, “If...
https://ourfiniteworld.com/2012/03/31/true-sustainability-solutions/