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Thu, Oct 13, 2011 -- 10:00 AM

Energy Expert Daniel Yergin


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Daniel Yergin delivers a speech during the Sao Paulo Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 5, 2007.
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Daniel Yergin delivers a speech during the Sao Paulo Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil on June 5, 2007.

A leading expert on energy policy, Daniel Yergin joins us to discuss his book, "The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World." Yergin looks at the recent history of the energy industry, emerging renewable technologies and the notion of "peak oil," which posits that we are rapidly approaching the end of Earth's easily accessible oil supply.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • Daniel Yergin, energy expert and Pulitzer Prize-winning author

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Yergin won the Pulitzer Prize for his work "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power."

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