From cavemen to Peak Oil, a brief history of our current state of energy affairs and the reality of Peak Oil -- the fact that we as we extract more and more oil, there is less and less of it, yet our demand does not seem to decline. Hm, problems? Richard Heinberg explains Peak Oil in detail with a slideshow! (more)
Best-selling author Barbara Kingsolver (and her family) wrote "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", a book about eating only food that they grew or which came from their community for an entire year. She reads the first chapter at Book Passage in Northern Cal. It's a tale of purpose, natural food, and learning to live sustainably.
Oil and energy expert Richard Heinberg discusses the current lack of energy literacy among the public. Do you know that hunters & gatherers were more efficient than we are today!?
Oil and energy expert Richard Heinberg speaks with the head of the Post Carbon Institute, Julian Darley, about the current state of our historically high gas prices and projects that "The Party's Over" (also the title of his book on the heyday of cheap energy which is at an end) on future cheap gas in the USA. They've been paying through the nose in Europe for awhile... so get ready, America.
Lawrence-Berkeley Lab scientist and energy expert David Fridley talks about the reality of biofuels as an alternative energy fuel. He explains inherent cost and production problems with ethanol and similar biofuels.
Legendary Texas oilman and chair of BP Capital, T. Boone Pickens, holds an impromptu video question and answer session at ASPO Houston with Global Public Media's Julian Darley and other journalists. Pickens talks about the peaking of world oil production, which he says occurred in 2006. View the entire video interview at GlobalPublicMedia.co m
Daniel Lerch, author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty, speaks to an audience in Hamilton, Ontario about some short and long term challenges that peak oil will cause for local governments. Global crises can have very local repercussions - but prompt planning can take the edge off of some of the negative effects. www.postcarboncities .net
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