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April 29, 2008

Great Podcasts - 4/29/08

If you listen to a single podcast all year, make it this Thomas Friedman speech, "Green Is The New Red, White & Blue" (the talk itself seems to only be available through iTuned here). I don't think Friedman needs any introduction (if he does), but this talk is a good introduction to his ideas on the complex issues (and context) surrounding the "green movement" and the dire state of the globe as we plunge towards a global warming tipping point. It can be chilling (paraphrasing: if we were to, say, want to shift towards nuclear power to offset US carbon emissions by the year 2050 [which is the, predictions say, "point of no return" for CO2 levels at current emission levels], we could have to bring on line 1 plant per day for the next 30 years)...but there is also a sense of hope in his reasoning and holistic understanding of a mind-numbing problem.

(via OpenCulture)

Clampants | April 29, 2008 12:25 PM