# Gail Tverberg- My Favourite Data Wrangling Grandma at the End of the Oil Age

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Podcast: [Recombination Nation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/recombination-nation-7074994)
Published: 2026-03-20T03:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/zeroinputagriculture/2635757
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## Resource

Gail Tverberg was a star during the 2000s oil crisis, producing data rich reports on the TheOilDrum.com in a way that only a trained actuary could pull off. She has continued to impress me in subsequent years with her uncommon knack for digging into the numbers beneath the stories that others are trying to spin. In this interview we discuss the current state of the energy crisis, why a handful of people saw it coming decades ago, and how she hopes society can adapt to the coming challenges. Read Gail's regular articles at her website: https://ourfiniteworld.com Check out a teaser for another podcast interview with Geopolitics and Empire (who also interviewed me a while back): https://youtu.be/pW5xeCGWFjM?si=88rThEep8qIcA1GA Sign up to Recombination Nation on Substack for free weekly articles: https://recombinationnation.substack.com Read Shane's book, Taming the Apocalypse, about the future of post industrial biological technology: https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

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