Energy, Economy, Environment, Society
Art Berman1 is an experienced consulting geologist.
Nate Hagens2 is an expert in the fields of financial markets, natural resources, and psychology.
Here, in three parts 1, 2 and 3, they discuss what's happening with energy, the economy, the environment and society.
"I am a petroleum geologist with 42 years of oil and gas industry experience. I am an expert on U.S. shale plays and currently consult for several E&P companies and capital groups in the energy sector. During the past year, I gave more than 25 keynote addresses for energy conferences, boards of directors and professional societies. I have published more than 100 articles on oil and gas plays and trends. I have been interviewed by CBS, CNBC, CNN, CBC, BNN, Bloomberg, Platt’s, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone and New York Times. I am an associate editor of the AAPG Bulletin and was a managing editor and frequent contributor to theoildrum.com. I worked 20 years for Amoco (now BP) and 22 years as consulting geologist. I have an M.S. (Geology) from the Colorado School of Mines and a B.A. (History) from Amherst College."↩
"Nate’s presentations address the opportunities and constraints we face after the coming peak of global economic growth. On the supply side, Nate focuses on the interrelationship between debt-based financial markets and natural resources, particularly energy with and the unique (and so far unplanned for) risks from the coming ‘Great Simplification’. On the demand side, Nate addresses the evolutionarily-derived underpinnings to status, addiction, and our aversion to acting about the future and offers suggestions on how individuals and society might better adapt to the coming decades."↩