Art Berman
The dominant view that oil will remain oversupplied well into 2026 is starting to crack. For months, the consensus has warned of a looming glut—blaming weak demand, slow growth, and…
The failure of the climate movement isn’t just political or scientific—it’s philosophical. At its core is a reductionist mindset: isolate one culprit, pursue one goal, rally around one fix. Fossil…
Why is lying to yourself worse than lying to others? Rod Dreher recently reflected on this question, answering: because it reveals a deeper failure to confront reality. He pointed to…
The foundational myth of modernity is that infinite economic growth can be sustained on finite energy. This isn’t science—it’s faith in a technological miracle, a sacred narrative that defies physical…
As the liberal world order unravels, most are busy grieving its loss rather than trying to understand what’s really going on. Blame is everywhere—at leaders, at policies, at the right,…
The EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2025 provides a solid baseline for understanding U.S. energy trends, but it’s built on a business-as-usual framework that filters out geopolitical, financial, governance, and ecological…
The digital age tempts us with infinite choice and distraction, but beneath the noise is a quieter truth: survival now depends on learning to be satisfied with the real, imperfect…
There is a growing chorus about a “new world order,” but much of the language surrounding it is vague and recycled, attempting to impose clarity on a moment defined by…
A friend sent me Doomberg’s latest takedown of peak oil with a familiar jab—“Obviously, I’m poking you”—since I was deep in that world 20 years ago. Doomberg’s point is simple:…
“I don’t have much hope for this century,” Kristine Tompkins of said in a recent interview. She’s the CEO of Patagonia, and was speaking about the rapid unraveling of ecological…
At the heart of the human predicament lies an uneasy—and often unexamined—relationship with science. We’ve come to treat science not just as a tool, but as a worldview. Once a…
The world is changing fast, and the public is uneasy. Gallup’s World Happiness Report shows that the major powers—China, the U.S., India, Russia—are less happy than they were 15 years…