Very light posting December 23 through January 3

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Resilience.org co-editorial team! Due to editorial holiday there will be very light posting between December 23 through January 3. Regular posting will resume on Monday, January 6.

We are sad to share the news that Tom Whipple, the longtime editor of The Energy Bulletin (previously Peak Oil News), passed away in November 2024.

Somebody needs to buy U.S. trade policymakers a periodic table of elements. China last week banned export of the key high-tech metals antimony, gallium and germanium to the United States. In this case, China has the upper hand.