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New World Notes - Peak Oil, Peak Natural Gas, Peak Electricity
This week on New World Notes: radio program #216, April 24, from 12:00 to 12:30 p.m., host Kenneth Dowst presents a program on Peak Oil, Peak Natural Gas, Peak Electricity: Why "More of the Same" is Not an Option.
It's not just oil. With growing demand and declining supplies, all forms of energy will soon become very expensive. No alternative sources can produce as much energy as we are now obtaining from oil and natural gas--both of which are in decline. Some proposed alternatives (hydrogen, ethanol) are pipe-dreams. Is this the end of The American Way of Life? Probably.
Several experts lucidly explain what's happpening and what we have to do. Among those speaking here are several petroleum scientists and engineers, ecologist Richard Heinberg, urban planners James Howard Kunstler and Peter Calthorpe, energy investment broker Matthew Simmons, political analyst Michael Ruppert, and journalist Barrie Zwicker (narrator).
Condensed and adapted by K.D. from the 2004 documentary film, The End of Suburbia.
More on Peak Oil: http://aspo-usa.com/.