New Research Shows Fossil Fuels Are Not As Essential As The Industry Would Like You to Believe
New Research Shows Fossil Fuels Are Not As Essential As The Industry Would Like You to Believe  
Podcast: Drilled
Published On: Tue Apr 07 2020
Description: Fossil fuel use has certainly grown GDP, but it has had no effect on life expectancy. In other words, the industry's "benefit" has acrrued to relatively few humans.Dr. Julia Steinberger, professor of social ecology and ecological economics at the University of Leeds, has published research debunking classic fossil fuel narratives around the industry's importance to society and human wellbeing. Read her study, "Your Money or Your Life?" Environmental Research Letters, here. Support us on Patreon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.