I just returned from ten days in Iceland, drawn by the geology and stark beauty. What I found was more than scenery—it was a case history in climate change, collapse, and fossil-fueled resurrection. A treeless island made marginally habitable by a warm climate window became the setting for a long…| Art Berman
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 risks. It's a conversation starter—not a roadmap. In the real world, shocks and disruptions are standard fare. The future will…| Art Berman
One of the biggest misconceptions about oil is that supply is shrinking because of depletion and that reserve additions are not enough to prevent a supply shortage in the near future. Here are some examples from comments on my website: "I've been wondering why most people haven’t been alarmed about…| Art Berman
How did adoption of renewable energy become the drug of choice to treat the disease of climate change? No one knows. Wind and solar energy policies evolved over several decades without planning, leadership, effective communication, or stakeholder engagement. There was not---and is not---any vision, resource allocation, communication strategy, governance structure,…| Art Berman
The world is in metacrisis. That means that many crises are occurring simultaneously and affecting one another. This calls for rethinking the nature of problem-solving. Root causes should be identified rather than merely treating their symptoms. Traditionally, problems have been tackled in isolation. That approach has led to the metacrisis.…| Art Berman