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As We Exhaust Our Oil, It Will Get Cheaper But Less Affordable

Posted On January 19, 2022 By Blair Fix

Originally published at Economics from the Top Down Blair Fix It was a bet heard around the world. Okay, that’s an exaggeration. It was a bet heard mostly by academics and sustainability buffs. But still, it was a bet … and it was important. The year was 1980. The players were biologist Paul Ehrlich and […]

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Peak Oil Never Went Away

Posted On December 13, 2021 By Blair Fix

Originally published at Economics from the Top Down Blair Fix Do you remember peak oil? It was all the rage a decade ago. Now, almost no one is talking about it. The funny thing is, the problem never went away. If anything, it’s gotten worse. In this post, I take a deep dive into peak […]