Something just doesn’t make sense in the oil market when falling global oil inventories and escalating tensions in the Middle East suggest rising, not tumbling, prices… LOL. Furthermore, global oil demand is actually stronger than last year… SO WHAT GIVES??
The wind power industry’s death by a thousand cuts will result from the massive increase in “service cost inflation.” We are just beginning to see the first troubling signs: utilities that purchased wind power units now face increasingly high service costs…
When a country peaks in its liquid fuel demand, this typically points to the inevitable plateau in “Real Economic Growth.” This seems to be true for Americans, as U.S. gasoline and diesel consumption per capita peaked more than 15 years ago… regardless of the massive money printing by the U.S. Government…
While U.S. and Global Auto Sales still haven’t recovered since issues stemming from the 2020 Pandemic Shutdown, another culprit is at work. No, it’s not due to shortages of semiconductors, even though that has accounted for a small part of the weak sales rebound. So, what is it…
While the world is counting on growing LNG supply from the United States in the years ahead, unfortunately, most of the U.S. shale gas fields are in decline. It really comes down to just two shale gas fields that provided the growth in the past several years… but that won’t…
If the Middle East conflict escalates, this could be very BAD NEWS for the highly leveraged financial and economic markets. It’s no wonder the gold price surged by $64 on Friday. Unfortunately, any major disruption can cause chain-reaction defaults in finance and move to the safety of hard assets…