15 videos tagged resource depletion
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C.S. Kiang
What is the future of design?
In the context of climate change and on-going resource depletion, Kiang briefly discusses design solutions like biomimicry. In his words, we need to re-think, re-design and re-engineer.…
Recorded: 13 May 2007
Matthew Simmons
What is the truth about Peak Oil?
Matt Simmons takes a candid look at the future of global oil and gas supply and demand. Forecasts show demand booming as developing countries such as China and India continue to…
Recorded: 14 February 2007
Matthew Simmons
What is the truth about the world’s oil reserves?
Simmons examines the arguments put forward by those who believe that oil supply can continue to grow. Optimists point to the theory of “reserve appreciation”, an argument that…
Recorded: 14 February 2007
Matthew Simmons
How can we stop using so much oil?
Matt Simmons reflects on the reasons why the world consumes 85 million barrels of oil a day and points to ways to reduce fossil fuel consumption over time. First and foremost, we…
Recorded: 14 February 2007
Matthew Simmons
When will our supply of gas peak?
As the world’s only source of instant heat, gas should have been more highly valued. Instead it was always priced at a discount to oil because of the difficulties transporting…
Recorded: 14 February 2007
John Elkington
What changes should the world expect in coming years?
John Elkington reflects on the challenges that humanity can expect as the century unfolds. They range from global epidemics to prolonged drought, among other symptoms of advanced…
Recorded: 30 May 2006
Richard Heinberg
How can humanity best cope with increasing oil scarcity? (Part 1)
Given its finite nature, oil has rapidly become a vital strategic resource. Wars have already been fought over it and we are likely to see more as the years pass. Conflict over…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
Richard Heinberg
How can we relocalize our economies? (Part One)
Economic globalization has got as far as it has because oil has been plentiful and cheap. The project is bound to fail, Heinberg says, as oil inevitably becomes more scarce and,…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
Richard Heinberg
How can we relocalize our economies? (Part two)
Professor Heinberg sets out the case for adapting to a future of oil scarcity now. We can do this by replicating agricultural models that use fewer fossil fuel inputs. We can also…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
Sim Van der Ryn
What is the cutting edge of ecological design?
Architect Sim Van de Ryn describes what he believes to be the leading edge of contemporary design. He talks about biomimicry, which uses the way nature works as a basis for design.…
Recorded: 19 October 2005
Bill McKibben
Will localisation define the future?
Cheap fossil fuels have facilitated longer trade routes, thereby making global trade possible. Oil depletion and climate change are now requiring of us to reduce fossil fuel dependence…
Recorded: 15 October 2005
Richard Douthwaite
What impact will oil depletion have on the economy?
Economist Richard Douthwaite explores the economics driving climate change. He looks at how the current economic model requires sustained growth in order to survive and examines…
Recorded: 4 March 2005
Jerry Mander
What’s wrong with economic globalization?
Jerry Mander talks about how the global economic system, established half a century ago at Bretton Woods, is fundamentally unsustainable. He argues that the poor are not benefiting…
Recorded: 24 January 2005
Lester Brown
What is the future for World food supplies? (Part One)
In this two-part series Lester Brown looks at two environmental trends, aquifer depletion and rising temperatures. He focuses primarily on the long-term implications these have…
Recorded: 1 December 2004
Colin Campbell
What is the future of oil?
Dr. Campbell discusses the decline of global oil and gas production and talks about the likely impacts oil depletion will have on geopolitics. He addresses some of the solutions…
Recorded: 1 November 2002
