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Beth Johnson
(269) 375-1080
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Interviews
Crosstalk
February 27, 2012
I participated in this lively panel discussion led by Peter Lavelle, host of RT Television’s Crosstalk, about the causes of high oil prices. You’ll see that the disagreement is mainly over the role of speculation.
Equal Time Radio
June 27, 2011
Carl Etnier, host of the show “Equal Time” on WDEV in Waterbury, Vermont started with Prelude. Then, we went on to a wide-ranging discussion which covered who in government circles understands peak oil, Vermont’s new peak-oil-aware governor, the inscrutable and often unmanageably complex human-built systems within which we live, using nature as a guide for redesigning those systems, and recent revelations in the media about exaggerated and perhaps fraudulent claims concerning the amount of natural gas we can expect from shale gas fields.
On the Edge with Max Keiser
May 6, 2011
Max Keiser, a well-known financial news talk show host, asked me about world oil supplies, Prelude, global credit conditions and many other topics in this wide-ranging interview.
You can view the show in two parts by clicking the images below. I hope you find the interview worthwhile.
Global Oil Supply – On the Edge with Max Keiser – May 6, 2011 (Part 1)
Global Oil Supply – On the Edge with Max Keiser – May 6, 2011 (Part 2)
Greening of the Great Lakes with Kirk Heinze
— WJR 760, Detroit
February 13, 2011
Kirk Heinze interviewed me on Greening of the Great Lakes, a radio program that focuses on environmental, economic and social sustainability. The program airs Sunday evenings at 9 on News/Talk 760 WJR in Detroit.
Listen to the interview
Radio Ecoshock
March 19 and 26, 2010
Below is a two-part interview I did with Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock. Part 1 is about navigating collapse. Part 2 discusses the scale and rate-of-conversion problems with alternative energy and touches on climate change. Both interviews took place before the publication of Prelude.
Part 1 – Kurt Cobb on Navigating Collapse (23 minutes)
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Part 2 – Kurt Cobb on Alternative Energy & Climate Change (27 minutes)
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Appearances & Presentation Videos
Rating Your Energy Thinking – Part 2
The following video was recorded at the 2011 Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair in Oregon, Illinois where I was the keynote speaker. I’m posting the second part of the video here because it begins with a demonstration I often use to help laypersons understand peak oil. The demonstration runs to the 3:30 mark. For the entire keynote presentation, click on the following links: Rating Your Energy Thinking – Part 1, Rating Your Energy Thinking – Part 2, Rating Your Energy Thinking – Part 3
Peak Oil and Climate Change in 13 minutes
This video was recorded at the 2010 International Conference on Sustainability in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Using practical demonstrations I try to make the issues of peak oil (also included in the video above) and climate change more accessible to the lay audience.
2012 Calendar of Appearances
January 19 at 7:30 p.m.
Talk: A Turning Point for Oil & the World
Location changed to:
St. Thomas More Catholic Parish
421 Monroe Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49006-4492
(269) 381-8917
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January 25 at 7 p.m.
Talk: A Turning Point for Oil & the World
Maud Preston Palenkse Memorial Library (St. Joseph Public Library)
500 Market Street
St. Joseph, MI 49085
(269) 983-7167
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March 27 at 5:30 p.m.
Fracking the Bottom of the Barrel
Winona State University
Stark Auditorium
Winona, MN 55987
(507) 457-5024
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