Net Zero gets spaced out
Renewable energy is the path to Net Zero. But it is incredibly space intensive — it requires vast tracts of land to generate, transport and store power. Is there enough?
Renewable energy is the path to Net Zero. But it is incredibly space intensive — it requires vast tracts of land to generate, transport and store power. Is there enough?
By Nick Hubble,
We have a special guest contributor for today’s Money Morning. Hear from Nick Hubble, Editor and Investment Director of Jim Rickards’ Strategic Intelligence. In this article, Nick continues our recent conversation topic — energy. Digesting uncooked food takes a lot of energy. Cooking is all about improving how much energy we get per unit of energy spent chewing and digesting. This is known as energy return on energy invested (EROI). The trouble is, our renewable energy boom is reducing our EROI. And that means we’ll be poorer.
By Nick Hubble,
Central bankers are focusing on wages in their fight against inflation. But what if that’s the wrong mole to whack? A debt crisis is popping up behind them…
By Nick Hubble,
A few weeks ago, I finished interviewing eight experts on Net Zero and the energy transition. I asked each of them the same question: which commodities do you see as the key shortages which will undermine Net Zero? They all came back with the same response…
By Nick Hubble,
Some investments have the capacity to go to $0 faster than you can sell them. But is this priced into their asset values? And how can you avoid them?
By Nick Hubble,
The same green machine that is driving the world to renewable energy is also undermining the mining industry. The trouble is that renewable energy is incredibly resource-intensive to build. That’s not a good combination.
By Nick Hubble,
The money supply in many key developed economies is now shrinking. This heralds the onset of deflation — what monetary policymakers fear above all else. A Minsky Moment may be next.
By Nick Hubble,
Net zero is falling apart. But that doesn’t mean governments will give up. So, what would a net zero world look like if renewable energy can’t deliver what we need? Then what we need will just have to change…
By Nick Hubble,
Central bankers are back to blowing bubbles again. This time, they’ve targeted the green economy for their latest boom and bust. The real question is, how can you profit from this latest cluster of errors? You might be surprised…
By Nick Hubble,
The War on Cash is the most important front for freedom today. Win there and we defeat CBDCs, climate lockdowns, de-banking, 15-minute cities, and all the other government interventions in our lives. That’s because you only need the one escape hatch for enforcement to fail.
By Nick Hubble,
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