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Peak Oil for Policymakers DVD
Chris Martenson is the creator of The Crash Course, a 20-chapter online video course that educates viewers on our broken economic system, the crisis of population demographics, and Peak Oil. Since its launch in 2008, The Crash Course has been viewed over 1.5 million times online and has sold over 20,000 DVD copies. Prior to spending four years educating himself and developing the course and other materials to help individuals understand and take action, Chris was a Vice President at a Fortune 300 Company and spent over ten years in corporate finance and strategic consulting. He has a PhD in pathology from Duke University and an MBA from Cornell University.
Do global leaders and politicians really understand what the stakes are in global economy, the environment and the energy picture? Are all three of these "E's" coming to a point where something has "gotta give?" We speak to resource specialist, retired scientist, and popular lecturer Chris Martenson, about these very issues. Chris Martenson is also author of the popular book and web series The Crash Course.
Rob Hopkins is a true pioneer of the movement to intelligently prepare and adapt society for entering a post-Peak Oil future. His brainchild, Transition Towns, has been one of the most successful initiatives to date in inspiring hundreds of cities, towns, and communities around the globe towards using local cooperation and interdependence to shrink their ecological footprints.
One day, a fruit and vegetable seller was arrested in Tunisia, sparking social unrest, and a few weeks later the government of Egypt was set to topple. Such is the nature of complex, chaotic, and unpredictable systems. … >>
By itself, the concept of having to get by on just a little bit less oil each year seems to be manageable enough. Some think that a steadily, or even sharply, rising price will merely reduce demand and promote exploration … >>
EXCERPT: My “standard of living” is a fraction of what it formerly was, but my quality of life has never been higher. We live in a house less than half the size of our former house, my beloved boat is gone, … >>
The next twenty years will be completely unlike the last twenty years. The world is in economic crisis, and there are no easy fixes to our predicament. Unsustainable trends in the economy, energy, and the environment have … >>
Post Carbon Fellow Chris Martenson's book version of his Crash Course was reviewed by Erik Curren at Transition Voice. But it wasn’t until I read Martenson’s chapter “Dangerous Exponentials” that I … >>
Richard Heinberg explains why we've hit the end of economic growth as we've known it, and what life can be like after growth.
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