Richard Heinberg on Our Renewable Future

By David Swanson, originally published by Talk Nation Radio

March 2, 2015

NOTE: Images in this archived article have been removed.

Image RemovedRichard Heinberg discusses our renewable future and how to get there. He is the author of eleven books including:

– Afterburn (April 2015)
– Snake Oil (July 2013)
– The End of Growth (August 2011)
– Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (2007)
– The Party’s Over: Oil, War & the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003)

Heinberg is a Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute. He has appeared in many film and television documentaries, including Leonardo DiCaprio’s 11th Hour, and is a recipient of the M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education.

Total run time: 29:00
Host: David Swanson.
Producer: David Swanson.
Music by Duke Ellington.
 
 
Wind turbines teaser image via sutterstock. Reproduced at Resilience.org with permission.

 

Image RemovedSupport Richard’s work by pre-ordering his new book Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels or making a donation.

 

 

 

David Swanson

Tags: Energy conservation, energy descent, Renewables

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