I've been skeptical of Pickens' plans to use Natural Gas to get us off foreign oil up till now. But now that I know he sees this as a bridge strategy until we can move off of fossil fuels all together, I'm more encouraged by it. Although a little hyper-sensitive about relying on foreign countries for energy, he offers a solid short-term plan for a cleaner liquid fuel for heavy-duty vehicles.
Robert Newman, with humor and energy, brings to life a timeline of oil's impact on world politics, and where the world is headed past peak oil
Terry Gross interviews Michael Pollan on the future of farming in America, spurred by his open letter to the next president of the united states. Among other things, they talk about the infeasability of continued use of so much oil in our food production, reintegration of plants and animals on farms, and the bizarre disincentives current federal farm policy causes among farmers which curb food diversity on farms.
