People grow old and die. Civilizations eventually fail. For centuries amateur philosophers have used the former as a metaphor for the latter, leading to a few useful insights and just as many misleading generalizations. The comparison becomes more immediately...
Post Carbon Fellow joined Matt Pacenza for Episode 104 of the HEAL Utah podcast. Richard talks first about peak oil, a once popular theory about diminishing fossil fuel reserves which he believes will again soon rear its head, despite...
Over the next few minutes I hope to share with you a little of what I’ve learned about the likely trajectory of industrial society for the remainder of this century, and some speculations about the possible role of music...
Hosted by: Barbara Bernstein, Locus Focus by KBOO On October 16 Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, was scheduled to come on this show to talk about a controversy that was raging over how to reach a 100%...
We are, of course, discussing Saudi Arabia, which has been much in the news lately. This essay will review recent events centered therein and probe their significance.
Sunday, October 8, 9:30 p.m., Santa Rosa, California. My wife Janet and I are at the home of two longtime friends, watching television and chatting, when we all hear a powerful gust of wind and a weird popping, like...
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg wrote this Open Mic column for the North Bay Bohemian. From the article: The immediate emergency may be over, but life in Sonoma County will never return to pre-fire “normal.” We are changed—certainly those...
Post Carbon Fellow Richard Heinberg was quoted in this article on the fires which recently devastated parts of Northern California. From the article: Richard Heinberg, a fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, a nonprofit think tank focused on climate...
By Douglas Rushkoff, with Richard Heinberg, originally published by Team Human Playing for Team Human today is Post Carbon Institute fellow Richard Heinberg. Richard is the co-author of Our Renewable Future and most recently, the manifesto, There’s No App For That. On today’s show Richard...
In a manifesto released back in August, Richard Heinberg explains why technology, which is widely heralded as our saviour, is not the secret sauce to solve all our environmental troubles. In this podcast he joins Juliet Jacobs to discuss...