About Gail Tverberg

Gail is an actuary who became interested energy issues in 2005, when oil prices spiked and the topic became of general interest. She started doing her own analysis and started a Wordpress blog OurFiniteWorld.com. Not long after she began that site, she was invited to join the staff of TheOilDrum.com, where she acted both as an author and editor. Gail soon found herself invited to speak at academic conferences related to energy. Indirectly, because of these contacts, she has published several academic papers and has spoken at many conferences.

Many people believe that oil prices can rise arbitrarily high and because of this, very large amounts of oil (and other fossil fuels) can be extracted from the ground. Gail believes that the economy is governed by the laws of physics. The system reaches limits in a way that greatly affects the economic system. The problem tends to be that the economy collapses and takes energy supplies with it. The problem is thus much more complex than most analysts have understood. Standard models tend to give misleading indications.

Gail’s recent analysis has been at OurFiniteWorld.com. However, after increasing difficulties with the complexities of Wordpress software, she has decided to give writing at Substack a try. The recent posts shown have been imported from her Wordpress site.

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