Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Climate change and "the history of a fossil fuel addiction" ... Prof Iain Stewart @ the Sidmouth Science Festival

Things are going very well at the Science Festival: so well, that this event is 'sold out':


Planet Oil: the history of a fossil fuel addictionSOLD OUT

Prof Iain Stewart

Prof Iain Stewart

Exploring the past, present and future story of our petroleum addiction

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Adults:FREE
Children:FREE

To reserve a place please contact us by emailing reservations@sidmouthsciencefestival.org.uk 

Professor Iain Stewart will trace the geological and technological tipping points that transformed oil from an unwanted
waste product into a substance on which our modern world completely relies.
Exploring the past, present and future story of our petroleum addiction, it will ask if we really are coming to the end of the Hydrocarbon Age.















Sidmouth Science Festival - Planet Oil: the history of a fossil fuel addiction

 Prof Stewart works at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at Plymouth Uni:
Professor Iain Stewart - Plymouth University

 He has made several excellent programmes on geology:
Iain Stewart (geologist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 ... including a look at fracking:
Frack-Land: Horizon: Fracking, a new energy rush by Professor Iain Stewart - a review
BBC Two - Horizon, 2012-2013, Fracking: The New Energy Rush
My final word on Fracking? | Lack of Environment

 In Sidmouth he's going to be looking at climate change - which has interested him for some time:

Dr Iain Stewart - The Problem - YouTube
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