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Richard Heinberg

Richard Heinberg

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Richard Heinberg is a journalist, educator, and senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute recognized for his influential writings on peak oil, resource depletion, and the urgent need for a transition to a post-carbon economy. As a guest on late-night radio, his book The Party's Over and his subsequent works on energy decline have made him one of the most prominent voices warning about the consequences of fossil fuel dependency.

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April 4, 2004: Oil Dependence - Richard Heinberg

Apr 4, 2004
2h 52m
Art Bell welcomes Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, for a sobering examination of global oil depletion and its consequences for industrial civilization. Heinberg explains that worldwide oil production will likely peak between 2006 and 2016, after which no amount of investment can reverse the decline, and...