Climate Change and Peak Oil
Here’s a lecture on global climate change and peak oil by British geologist and author Dr. Jeremy Leggett. If you want to know why we need an aggressive policy that curtails the burning of fossil fuels, and you want to hear it from someone who can explain it with a great deal more precision than I can, Jeremy’s your man. This was recorded in 2007, so it’s a bit old, yet incredibly revealing of the basic issues.
We’re simultaneously increasing the severity of our universal hardship and reducing our collective ability to deal effectively with it.
Leggett’s phrase, “suicidally dysfunctional” seems chillingly appropriate – so many little Neros.