Education

Fuel emergency part 2: IEA plan

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The issue of planning for and administering fuel emergencies is complex and multi-layered, involving a range of commercial interests, government agencies and a tangle of legislation, policies and jurisdictions, one of the largest and most influential of which is the International Energy Agency, an autonomous body within the framework of the OECD.

How much oil is left?

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There is considerable disagreement among energy resource experts as to how many years we have left of oil given current estimates of what remains in the ground. The reason for the disagreement stems from diverse assumptions about production productivity, demand and even how much remains undiscovered. In this video, viewers will see how applying a system dynamics approach (used by the Club of Rome in developing The Limits to Growth analysis) can make all such assumptions explicit in a way that allows for collaborative testing.

Two geologists on saving the earth

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Interview with the geologist-authors of The American West at Risk, a recently-published tome that details how ongoing environmental issues are destroying the general livability of Earth for all species, including humans. This book shouldn’t just be on every wannabe Greenpeace activist’s nightstand. Each of the 13 chapters explore one subject in depth — forestry, mining, military operations, road building, to name a few — and balances science with politics and reality to sharpen the argument for preservation of natural resources.