Part 1 of KrisCan’s Peak Oil conversation with Richard Heinberg about the limits to growth, the GDP measuring claims on our resources and the importance of communicating with our policy makers. He talks about the need to move away from the idea of continuous growth and begin to measure quality of life as a marker of success.
Inserting Peak Oil into the Conversation
By KrisCan, originally published by KrisCan.com
November 23, 2009
Tags: Building Community, Consumption & Demand, Education, Electricity, Energy Policy, Fossil Fuels, Industry, Media & Communications, Oil, Renewable Energy, Resource Depletion
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