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April 21, 2008

Author to discuss high oil prices with legislators, public

With gasoline prices reaching higher and higher, a lot of people are wondering: Why is oil so expensive? Or is it, even?

An author and lecturer on oil –– in particular, “peak oil” –– will be speaking to those questions and others today at the State House.

Richard Heinberg, a fellow at the Post Carbon Institute in California and an author on energy issues, is set to speak to legislators and the public today at the State House.

His discussion, “Cheap Oil – Going, Going, GONE!,” is set for today at 3 p.m. in room 313 at the State House.

The lecture is being presented by the Progressive Legislators Group and the Environmental Council, as an Earth Day event. But with the recent record-breaking gasoline prices, it would be fitting, Earth Day or not.

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 2:32 PM | Permalink

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