Crude Oil

Winter Is Coming

While we have been in a panic over a virus, something has crept up on us. I’ve been screaming about it for years, and it seems that the leading edges of this catastrophe may have arrived:

Peak Energy

We hit Peak Oil years ago, and we thought that things could be fixed by shifting the goalposts. You and I know that this never works, but we tried it anyway. And now that Fall has begun, we have a problem.

Winter is coming, and people will die.

If I was the only one saying this, I’d feel better about what’s coming.

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Economic Collapse – This is How It Begins

As I continue to build up the Ezekiel’s Fire website, it has become more and more clear to me that catastrophe is headed towards America. America must fall, and it will fall. And, I wish that it wasn’t going to happen. I really, really do.

However, we have sinned against God, so this is our just reward.

For those of you who want to see evidence that this calamity approaches, we’ve had two warning shots fired across our bow, over the last few days. And, we will see more in the coming weeks and months.

My hope is that you will be ready when the warnings stop, and the collapse begins.

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The Crude Oil Tug of War

I think that we can all agree that it takes energy to make stuff. People don’t get very much done when they don’t have enough food to eat. Tractors don’t go very far without fuel. Power plants don’t produce electricity without coal.

And, we’ve run into two problems with energy.

  • More and more people want a share of it
  • We’re having trouble increasing our production of it

Up to now, whenever we needed more energy, we dug a new well or opened a new mine to produce more of it. So, when the Chinese asked for more, we could give it to them. But, that’s not the case, anymore.

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Orders from Riyadh – Part 2 – Petrodollar Slavery

The impact of the petrodollar system is so utterly fantastic, that it’s hard to fit it all together in a way that makes sense. This is part of the reason why I’ve spent so much time on this subject. The other part of the problem is that I, myself, have been working my way through this puzzle, and writing about it has helped me see new aspects. You might say that I write these articles to wrestle with difficult ideas. And, the petrodollar is one of the most important ideas that I’ve run into. So, let’s go wrestle with the … Click here to read the rest…

Orders from Riyadh – Part 1 – The Birth of the Petrodollar System

After I thought my way through yesterday’s article, things have become a bit clearer. And, this has allowed me to understand the morning news a little better. As I said yesterday, if the petrodollar system falls, the American Empire falls. This means that whoever controls petroleum, controls the American Empire. We invaded Iraq twice to preserve the petrodollar. We’ve been training and arming jihadis in Syria to preserve the petrodollar. And, we seem awfully reluctant to do ANYTHING to ISIS because of the petrodollar. Oh, and we’ll have a nuclear war because of the petrodollar. I almost forgot about that … Click here to read the rest…