Radio Ecoshock interview with Richard Heinberg on his new book "Coal, Climate Change, and the Last Energy Crisis". Known for Peak Oil exertise, (author of "The Party's Over", and "Powerdown") - Heinberg blows up the myth of coal reserves. Will Peak Coal come in time to save the planet?
Richard Heinberg is a key to the Peak Oil movement, especially with his books "The Party's Over" and "Powerdown". He's expanded to catalog our over-use of many resources, with his book "Peak Everything". Now he's investigated the myth that coal could keep us going for hundreds of years. Not so, not at all.
Heinberg is also very aware of energy damage to the atmosphere and climate. We discuss whether "peak coal" will arrive in time to save the climate. And the fragility of storing all our knowledge on machines that need electricity (which may become unreliable).
This interview by Alex Smith comes from the weekly 1 hour radio program "Radio Ecoshock". That is broadcast to 16 college and community stations in North America, plus Green 960 AM in San Francisco. Radio Ecoshock is available by broadcast, podcast, satellite and download, from www.ecoshock.org Any non-profit station can rebroadcast (free) any part, or all of, Radio Ecoshock. No copyright claimed, make copies or link to programs. Radio stations: please email Alex (radio [at] ecoshock.org) to let him know. Thanks.
Heinberg is also very aware of energy damage to the atmosphere and climate. We discuss whether "peak coal" will arrive in time to save the climate. And the fragility of storing all our knowledge on machines that need electricity (which may become unreliable).
This interview by Alex Smith comes from the weekly 1 hour radio program "Radio Ecoshock". That is broadcast to 16 college and community stations in North America, plus Green 960 AM in San Francisco. Radio Ecoshock is available by broadcast, podcast, satellite and download, from www.ecoshock.org Any non-profit station can rebroadcast (free) any part, or all of, Radio Ecoshock. No copyright claimed, make copies or link to programs. Radio stations: please email Alex (radio [at] ecoshock.org) to let him know. Thanks.
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Why wait for a peak?
12.11.2009 12:23
It's up to us to stop them wrecking the environment, not capitalism.
Eco
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12.11.2009 16:18
Also worth a listen is today's Radio 4 program on Owenstown - a co-operative town proposed for Lanarkshire, not so far from Douglas and Mainshill wood. They had a local from Douglas explaining why the proposed Open Cast mine is a load of rubbish that the vat majority of locals oppose, even if it brings a few jobs (it's not worth their health, and the jobs are few and not-sustainable, was his basic argument). It's a shame that the Radio 4 journo didn't notice the protest camp in the woods though... The Co-op town is basically a decentish version of the Ecotowns idea... the community of 8000 new houses would be cooperatively owned, sell renewable electric from wind to the grid as well as covering it's uses, and it inspired by Robert Owens experiments in Co-operatives down the road. I missed the beginning, but it's worth finding. It was on about 3pm today thursday 12th november
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Re-tool to wind, tidal, and solar power now.
12.11.2009 18:46
peece now.