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Aired: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Oil worker operates valve at al-Dora oil refinery, Iraq (AP)
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The American economic machine, not to mention most of the rest of the world these days, runs on cheap oil and lots of it. The global economy can't live without it. But we may feel the end of the age of oil much sooner than most people expect, says one of America's top scientists.
Physicist David Goodstein, Vice Provost at the California Institute of Technology, has recently joined the effort in trying to determine when and how the impact of diminishing global oil supplies might hit home. In Goodstein's estimation, "civilization as we know it will not survive, unless we can find a way to live without fossil fuels."
Click the "Listen" to hear physicist David Goodstein talk about the alternatives to global oil shortages. |
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Robert Ebel, Chairman of the Energy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
David Goodstein, Vice Provost and Professor of physics and applied physics at the California Institute of Technology and author of "Out OF Gas, The End of The Age of Oil." |
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Reaction to Mel Gibson's "The Passion" | Listen
After months of anticipation and controversy, Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" opened in more than 3,000 theaters nationwide today. The film has been criticized for its graphically violent portrayal of the last hours of Jesus of Nazareth and for unfairly portraying Jews, which could feed anti-Semitism.
But the film is receiving glowing reviews from many Christians, who call it the big screen's most powerful depiction of Jesus ever. Movie houses were packed across the country today, with people eager to see the movie.
About 80 people took in the first viewing at 10 o'clock this morning at the Loews Theater in downtown Boston. Hear some of their reactions.
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