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Inspiration For the Burned-Out Localizer
Richard Heinberg wants you to “learn to be successfully and happily poorer.” Photo: video screenshot. Inspiration For the Burned-Out Localizer While Marx predicted that socialism would follow capitalism, Richard Heinberg predicts the next thing will be localism. “All roads appear to lead eventually to localism; the questions are: how and when shall we arrive there, and […]
The IMF Tells a Half-Truth
The IMF Tells a Half-Truth On May 18 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report titled “How Large are Global Energy Subsidies?” The question is a bit misleading: most readers, when they see the word subsidy, probably tend to think of tax breaks or cash gifts to specific industries. The report, however, uses the term mostly […]
A Resilient Society
A Resilient Society The final video in a four-part video series. Released in conjunction with Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels. Resilience is a word that’s gaining a lot of currency in recent years, as more and more people realize there are some shocks headed our way. But what would a more resilient society look like? This […]
The Great Burning
The Great Burning Part two of a four-part video series. Released in conjunction with Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels. What will we do when the Great Burning comes to an end? In this short video, Richard Heinberg explores why The Great Burning — the combustion of oil, coal, and natural gas — must come to an end […]
The Law of Diminishing Returns
The Law of Diminishing Returns Part one of a four-part video series. Released in conjunction with Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels. Is modern society hitting our defining moment, the point of diminishing returns? In this brand new short video released today, Richard Heinberg explores how — in our economy, the environment, and energy production — we may well be. When […]
Goldilocks Is Dead
Goldilocks Is Dead Five years ago I wrote an article for Reuters titled “Goldilocks and the Three Fuels.” In it, I discussed what I call the Goldilocks price zone for oil, natural gas, and coal, a zone in which prices are “just right”—high enough to reward producers but low enough to entice consumers. Ever since […]
Richard Heinberg on Our Renewable Future
Richard Heinberg on Our Renewable Future https://soundcloud.com/davidcnswanson/talk-nation-radio-richard-heinberg-on-our-renewable-future/ Richard Heinberg discusses our renewable future and how to get there. He is the author of ten books including: – Snake Oil (July 2013) – The End of Growth (August 2011) – Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines (2007) – The Party’s Over: Oil, War […]
The Latest Oil Glut: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
The Latest Oil Glut: Once Bitten, Twice Shy It comes as little surprise that the author of a book entitled Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future is a critic of the natural gas industry and a proponent of peak oil theory. With the recent plunge in oil prices, it feels like the […]
Our Renewable Future
Our Renewable Future Or, What I’ve Learned in 12 Years Writing about Energy (7000 words, about 25 minutes reading time) Folks who pay attention to energy and climate issues are regularly treated to two competing depictions of society’s energy options.* On one hand, the fossil fuel industry claims that its products deliver unique economic benefits, and […]
Museletter 271: The Oil Price Crash of 2014 | Richard Heinberg
Museletter 271: The Oil Price Crash of 2014 | Richard Heinberg. The Oil Price Crash of 2014 Oil prices have fallen by half since late June. This is a significant development for the oil industry and for the global economy, though no one knows exactly how either the industry or the economy will respond in […]
Heinberg sees pain ahead for frackers
Heinberg sees pain ahead for frackers. Note: Segment begins at 20:57. Erin sits down with Richard Heinberg – senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute – to discuss oil. Richard tells us how he interprets the potential deal between China and Russia for Western Siberian gas and gives us his take on Saudi price cuts. […]
