Richard Heinberg at Peak Oil Conference in Santa Barbara

By Richard Heinberg, originally published by Global Public Media

December 31, 2004

In Brief: Speaking briefly about Cuba’s response to the loss of Soviet Oil and delivers a presentation on Peak Oil and other threats to industrial society, the universal ecological dilemma, and coordinated and cooperative responses to our predicament.

Richard Heinberg speaks at the Over Consumption, Oil Depletion and the Inevitable Road to Sustainability, a One-Day Conference with Films, Discussions & Panels.

Sat., Nov. 27, 9am to 6pm, with lunch La Casa De Maria, Ladera Ln., Santa Barbara

Cosponsors: The Sustainability Project, Green Party of Santa Barbara, For the Future, Minara, EarthFlow Design Works, the SouthCoast Permaculture Guild, the CEC (Community Environmental Council) and WILPF (Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom)
Media: Listen Now
Audio (length 121): download (.mp3), stream (.ram)
Produced by L.A. Sound Posse

[ See original article to listen to the talk. ]

Richard Heinberg

Richard passed away unexpectedly in July 2026. Read this rememberance by Asher Miller.

Richard Heinberg was regarded as one of the world’s foremost advocates for a shift away from our current reliance on fossil fuels. He was the author of fourteen books, including some of the seminal works on society’s current energy and environmental sustainability crisis. Richard was Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute for nearly twenty years.

Richard authored hundreds of essays and articles that have appeared in such journals as Nature and The Wall Street Journal; delivered hundreds of lectures on energy and climate issues to audiences on six continents; and was quoted and interviewed countless times for print, television, and radio. His monthly MuseLetter was published for 400 consecutive months starting in 1992, and was included in Utne Magazine’s annual list of Best Alternative Newsletters.

Full bio at postcarbon.org.

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