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Is Progress Making Progress?

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Steve Hayward caught up with the noted author Matt Ridley and energy entrepreneur Chris Wright in a hotel lobby in Denver last week, and decided to make a podcast of it! Matt Ridley (nowadays Lord Ridley!) is the author of many fine books, including The Rational Optimist and The Evolution of Everything: How New Ideas Emerge. Ridley is one of the leading "lukewarmers"—the band of people who believe climate change is exaggerated and possibly a benefit to the planet, and we cover some of the latest scientific findings about our changing climate that the media don't want you to know. Chris Wright is one of the leading innovators in oil and technology, and explains what's going on—namely, that we're still in the early stages of the worldwide fracking revolution.

Host:
Steve Hayward

Discussion (1)

  • Texmoor@Texmoor

    I took an economic geology elective in college back in 2004 or '05 where the textbook enthusiastically explored fracking & shale gas. I remember the professor was afraid that the book was being too optimistic, but 10 years later you could argue it wasn't optimistic enough!