Title: Peak oil
Post by: K-Dog on Feb 20, 2026, 01:57 AM
Post by: K-Dog on Feb 20, 2026, 01:57 AM
When the boom hits the wall: A commercial reality check on fossil expansion
Gemini said The 2025 UN Production Gap Report highlights a sharp disconnect between industry optimism and physical reality. While official projections suggest growth through 2050, actual data points to a looming structural decline.
Fossil fuels are entering a geological and financial "Red Queen" race. More capital to extract less net energy from ever lower quality rock. A crash is inevitable.
Title: Peak oil
Post by: K-Dog on Feb 20, 2026, 01:00 PM
Post by: K-Dog on Feb 20, 2026, 01:00 PM
I'll throw some chum in the water.
PLANETCRITICAL.COM • 2026-02-19
The Copper Curtain | Art Berman
The USA, China, and the race to the bottom to control the West and the East.
ARTBERMAN.COM • 2026-02-17
Shell Names the Risks and Discounts Them to Zero
Shell describes the world we live in, models a different one, and doesn’t seem to give two fucks about the mismatch.
The Copper Curtain | Art Berman
The USA, China, and the race to the bottom to control the West and the East.
Shell Names the Risks and Discounts Them to Zero
Shell describes the world we live in, models a different one, and doesn’t seem to give two fucks about the mismatch.
Title: Peak oil
Post by: RE on Feb 20, 2026, 04:24 PM
Post by: RE on Feb 20, 2026, 04:24 PM
What about Mother Russia? How come the FSoA and China get to divide up the world without the Ruskies getting a piece? Doesn't Vlad deserve a little respect here? Is he the Rodney Dangerfield of the New World Order?
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