Brenda Pollack on the troubles with Fracking

Brenda Pollack on the troubles with Fracking

So what’s wrong with fracking? Can the UK solve its trilemma, of energy security, affordable energy and low carbon energy without a future for fracking? We have a special guest, Brenda Pollack from the Friends of the Earth to speak to us about this. (This podcast was recorded in late 2015).  

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What lessons do historical energy transitions have for us today?

What lessons do historical energy transitions have for us today?

How did we transition from candles to kerosene? or kerosene to electricity? What and when were the conditions ripe for energy transitions of our past? and what lessons do they have for us in the 21st century as we make a transition from high carbon intensity fossil fuels to renewable energy.

On this podcast we have Roger Fouquet from the Grantham Institute at the London School of Economics. He's looked at energy transitions very closely and I speak with him about how the next transition may happen. 

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