Modern society is hitting its defining moment - Richard Heinberg

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ichard Heinberg says that modern society is hitting its defining moment, the point of diminishing returns.

Richard Heinberg.

The American journalist and educator, who has written extensively on energy, economic, and ecological issues, including oil depletion, explores how — in our economy, the environment, and energy production –now we may now well be at the defining moment

“When previous societies have hit similar limits, they often doubled-down by attempting ever more complex interventions to keep things going, before finally collapsing.

“Will this be our fate too? And is there an alternative?,” he says.

This video is the first in a four-part series by Richard Heinberg and Post Carbon Institute. The themes covered in these videos are much more thoroughly explored in Heinberg’s latest book, Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels.

Watch “The Law of Diminishing Returns”.