Modern Wisdom

#508 - Nate Hagens - The World's Coming Energy Catastrophe

Aug 4, 2022

Nate Hagens, Director of the Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future, delves into the critical energy challenges facing society. He argues that growing energy dependence deeply impacts our economy and quality of life. Hagens critiques the reliance on renewable sources like solar and wind, exploring the ramifications of rising energy costs and the geopolitics of oil. He emphasizes the urgent need for a shift in societal values and consumption patterns to ensure sustainability and human flourishing in an uncertain energy future.

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Exploring the Impending Energy Crisis

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Nate Hagens is the Director of The Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future.

Energy drives our entire world. It keeps our GDPs growing, our cars moving and our hospital's working. If there was a shortage of energy, life would change very dramatically. Nate has spent 20 years researching the state of our current energy reliance and creating an assessment and philosophy for the future.

Expect to learn how energy is intrinsically linked to our economy, why solar and wind are not a solution, why the things that humans value needs to change if we want to continue flourishing, what would happen if the price of energy went up by even a small margin, the real reason that the USA has a ton of bases in the Middle East and much more...

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