Richard Heinberg on the End of Growth
author of the boo, The End of Growth.
Video
= A must-watch on the interplay between growth, peak oil, debt, how the harnessing of fossil fuel energy gave us economic growth – and what this now means in the face of peak oil and the end of the fossil fuel era. [1]
Video via http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XjFQLGVIJak
Richard Heinberg, author of "The Party's Over" and leading peak oil educator, talk about the future of our 'growth' society.
Audio
Podcast via http://www.postcarbon.org/audio/631692-q-a-richard-heinberg-author-the-end [2]
"Economists, politicians, and pundits insist recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments face record deficits. Today's guest, Richard Heinberg has a new book, The End of Growth, in which he proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history. He talks about the new normal that recognizes the limits to growth imposed by resource and disposal limits, climate change, and population growth." (http://www.postcarbon.org/audio/631692-q-a-richard-heinberg-author-the-end)