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New Departures
Fellows Brian Schwartz and Cindy Parker were interviewed by Tom Pelton of the radio program "Environment in Focus." They spoke about the reliance of modern food systems on fossil fuels, and the threat of peak oil production. From the Baltimore Sun's Bay & Environment blog:
The result of falling production and soaring demand will be continually soaring gasoline and diesel prices, according to researchers including Dr. Brian Schwartz and Dr. Cindy Parker of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Because so much of the world's food production is dependent on petroleum, this price acceleration could spark a collapse of our agricultural system -- and the starvation of millions of people, Schwartz and Parker warn. The professors say governments need to start planning for declining oil production as a possible public health and environmental crisis, just as they prepare for other worst-case scenarios like nuclear war and epidemics.
Listen to the podcast ("July 23: Eating Oil").
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