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.
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
More info:
- Yergin: Tar Sands Opposition is Misguided : from KQED's Climate Watch blog
- About the book "The Quest" : at IndieBound.org
Yergin won the Pulitzer Prize for his work "The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power."
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