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Robert Rapier discusses peak oil, climate change, impacts on future generation, communicating the message to people, oil and the economy, as well as oil and demand from developing countries.
Rapier is author of the 2012 book -- Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil.
amazon.com/Power-Plays-Energy-Options-Peak/dp/1430240865
He is also the author of R-Squared blog, featured at Consumer Energy Reports.
consumerenergyreport.com/columns/rsquared
"Rapier's career has been devoted to energy issues. He has worked on cellulosic ethanol, butanol production, oil refining, natural gas production, and gas-to-liquids (GTL). Mr. Rapier grew up in Oklahoma, and received his Master's in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is presently the Chief Technology Officer for Merica International, a renewable energy company. His company is involved in a wide variety of projects, with a core focus on the localized use of biomass to energy for the benefit of local populations." -- financialsense.com/contributors/robert-rapier
Note: Rapier adds that "low natural gas prices are mitigating the impact of high oil prices, which is the reason the economy isn't getting harder hit".
This interview was filmed by Aaron Wissner, founder and executive director of Local Future nonprofit, during the 2011 ASPO-USA conference in Washington, DC.
localfuture.org
aspo-usa.org
Robert Rapier discusses peak oil, climate change, impacts on future generation, communicating the message to people, oil and the economy, as well as oil and demand from developing countries.
Rapier is author of the 2012 book -- Power Plays: Energy Options in the Age of Peak Oil.
amazon.com/Power-Plays-Energy-Options-Peak/dp/1430240865
He is also the author of R-Squared blog, featured at Consumer Energy Reports.
consumerenergyreport.com/columns/rsquared
"Rapier's career has been devoted to energy issues. He has worked on cellulosic ethanol, butanol production, oil refining, natural gas production, and gas-to-liquids (GTL). Mr. Rapier grew up in Oklahoma, and received his Master's in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is presently the Chief Technology Officer for Merica International, a renewable energy company. His company is involved in a wide variety of projects, with a core focus on the localized use of biomass to energy for the benefit of local populations." -- financialsense.com/contributors/robert-rapier
Note: Rapier adds that "low natural gas prices are mitigating the impact of high oil prices, which is the reason the economy isn't getting harder hit".
This interview was filmed by Aaron Wissner, founder and executive director of Local Future nonprofit, during the 2011 ASPO-USA conference in Washington, DC.
localfuture.org
aspo-usa.org
![[RPA] The Global Economy as a Wealth Accumulation System - Steve Keen & Nicole Foss & Aaron Wissner](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X0V2X100xOM/mqdefault.jpg "[RPA] The Global Economy as a Wealth Accumulation System - Steve Keen & Nicole Foss & Aaron Wissner
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Steve Keen, Nicole Foss and Aaron L. Wissner discuss the global economy as an inequality generating wealth accumulation system; considerations on what people are suggesting to do.
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