300 ans d’energies fossiles en 300 secondes

By Richard Heinberg, originally published by Post Carbon Institute Media

June 20, 2011

Dubbed French version of Dubbed French version of 300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds.

L’histoire humaine des 300 dernières années dont le développement repose sur les énergies fossiles. A la déplétion des ressources pétrolières s’ajoute la destruction de l’environnement, ce qui hypothèque l’avenir. La solution, s’est de construire des modes de vie résilients, qui s’affranchissent de la dépendance (couteuse) aux énergies fossiles. (VERSION DOUBLEE, une version sous-titrée existe également.

Thanks to Marc Zischka for the translation and dubbing.

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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