High oil prices lead to no-growth global economy. If China grows, the West must shrink, meaning unemployment, disappointment, insolvent governments. Two speeches from ASPO 2011 in Washington: Jeff Rubin, former CIBC investment guru, & Charles Maxwell of Weeden Co. Neither speaker mentions climate change. Interview with Italian ASPO founder, author of "Limits to Growth Revisited" Ugo Bardi.
Recordings at ASPO 2011 by Radio Ecoshock Washington correspondent Gerri Williams and courtesy of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas USA.
Ugo Bardi interview by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock
End music clip "Change Change" by Thistle (Canada)
Also available as two 29 min segments for stations needing time for ID/announcements (posted below)
More info and links at the blog http://www.ecoshock.info/2012/01/oil-shock-no-growth-world.html
Jeff Rubin was the Chief Economist at CIBC World Markets, a global-scale bank trading operation. As a forward thinker on energy issues Jeff Rubin gets a lot of press and TV appearances. His 2009 book "Why Your World Is About To Get a Whole Lot Smaller" shook up the financial world.
Rubin predicts an end to globalization, and a return to regional production, due to high cost oil.
Charles T. Maxwell is the senior Energy Analyst for Weeden Co. Charley's been a top ranked energy authority for years, and famous in the Peak Oil movement.
They describe what we can expect in geopolitics and in our personal lives, but do not factor in climate change.
To wrap up that angle, we'll finish off the show with a Radio Ecoshock interview with Ugo Bardi, Professor at the University of Florence, Italy. Bardi is a cross-breed, as founder of ASPO Italy, and an editor at the Oildrum.com blog - but also part of the Italian climatologist scene. I ask Ugo why these two camps, don't talk much to each other.
How does limited energy resources impact the threat of climate change?
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