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Kunstler meets Colbert
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David Roberts |
03 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: books, energy, funnies, green living, oil, oil and gas drilling, TV (all these topics) |
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Oil on The Daily Show
Jon Stewart interviews an oil analyst, who basically blows it |
David Roberts |
16 Feb 2006 |
Gristmill |
| A couple days ago, Jon Stewart interviewed Peter Tertzakian, author of A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World. (You can watch the interview here.) I haven't read the book, so I don't know what Tertzakian's general outlook is, but I can tell you that on television his outlook is boooring. It's highly unfortunate: The Daily Show reaches an extremely influential demographic, and the peak-oil issue despe ... |
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