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One Point Twenty-One Jigawatts (Episode 3 of Crazy Town)

March 22, 2023March 25, 2019 by Asher Miller

What would we do without energy? The short answer is, “Nothing, absolutely nothing.” And sadly, most people know next to nothing about energy and its fundamental role in society and life itself.

Categories Crazy Town, Energy, Energy featured, Podcasts Tags Crazy Town, economics of energy, Energy, energy constraints, powering down Leave a comment

Juggling Live Hand Grenades

December 15, 2020April 25, 2017 by Richard Heinberg

Maintaining a civilization is always a delicate balancing act that is sooner or later destined to fail.

Categories Energy, Society Tags energy constraints, EROEI Leave a comment

Presenting Our Renewable Future

December 15, 2020June 21, 2016 by David Fridley

David Fridley and Richard Heinberg present on our energy future.

Categories Energy Tags energy constraints, Fossil Fuels, Our Renewable Future, Renewable Energy Leave a comment

Tiptoeing Through the Renewable Energy Minefield

December 15, 2020June 13, 2016 by Richard Heinberg

As just about everyone knows, there are gaping chasms separating the worldviews of fossil fuel promoters, nuclear power advocates, and renewable energy supporters.

Categories Energy Tags energy constraints, Our Renewable Future, Renewable Energy Leave a comment

Possible Energy Constraints to Further Urbanization

December 15, 2020May 26, 2016 by Richard Heinberg

How long can the trend toward urbanization continue in the face of this century’s energy and climate constraints?

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M. King Hubbert: The Limits To Oil

December 15, 2020May 11, 2016 by Chris Martenson

Chris talks with Mason Inman about his new book The Oracle Of Oil, the first in-depth biography of M. King Hubbert, to learn more about the genesis of the Peak Oil theory.

Categories Energy Tags electric cars, energy constraints, M. KING HUBBERT, peak oil Leave a comment

We Need to Electrify As Much Transportation As We Can

December 15, 2020April 4, 2016 by Richard Heinberg

A truly green transportation system probably wouldn’t rely on electric cars that much because it wouldn’t be relying on cars that much.

Categories Energy Tags electric cars, electrification, energy constraints, Transportation Leave a comment

What Geological, Economic, or Policy Forces Might Limit Fossil Fuel Production?

December 15, 2020December 21, 2015 by Richard Heinberg

Is Peak Oil Dead and What Does It Mean for Climate Change?

Categories Energy Tags climate change, economic growth, energy constraints, fossil fuel divestment, limits to growth, peak oil, Renewable Energy Leave a comment

Renewable Energy Will Not Support Economic Growth

December 15, 2020June 5, 2015 by Richard Heinberg

Can we transition to these renewable energy sources and continue using energy the way we do today?

Categories Energy Tags economic growth, energy constraints, limits to growth, Renewable Energy 2 Comments

Our Renewable Future

December 15, 2020April 28, 2015 by Richard Heinberg

How we use energy is as important as how we get it.

Categories Energy Tags energy constraints, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy Leave a comment

The End of Global Development as we Know it

December 15, 2020December 4, 2014 by Josh Kearns

Development professionals do their work under the assumption that the developing world will some day look a lot like the developed world.

Categories Energy Tags economic development, energy constraints, EROI, international development strategies Leave a comment

Limits to Growth: Where We Are and What to Do About It

December 15, 2020October 16, 2014 by Nate Hagens

In this talk, Nate Hagens synthesizes the current landscape of global energy, environment and financial risks while offering suggestions on what to do as a hominid living on a full planet.

Categories Energy Tags Culture & Behavior, degrowth, energy constraints, human behavior, limits to growth Leave a comment
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