April 4, 2004: Oil Dependence - Richard Heinberg
April 4, 2004: Oil Dependence - Richard Heinberg  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Fri Aug 08 2025
Description: Art Bell welcomes Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over, for a sobering examination of global oil depletion and its consequences for industrial civilization. Heinberg explains that worldwide oil production will likely peak between 2006 and 2016, after which no amount of investment can reverse the decline, and that 24 of the world's 44 major oil-producing nations have already passed their production peaks. The discussion covers the geopolitics of petroleum, including how pricing oil in… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/april-4-2004-oil-dependence-richard-heinberg/