University of Houston energy fellow Ed Hirs and Texas Water Resources Institute associate director Wendy Jepson join us to explain why one of the toughest weeks in Texas history was likely preventable – and what the state needs to do to make sure an energy disaster doesn’t strike again.
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Robert S. Kaplan and Marvin Odum join us to explore how the energy, banking, and other important industries in the state might bounce back – and how everyday Texans can get back on their feet.
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Jim Krane, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute, joins us to talk about the collapse of oil futures, what happened to demand, and how problems in the energy sector affect the larger economy.
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This hour, we’ll talk about how Exxon’s position on the issue has changed over the years with Neela Banerjee, who spent eight months reporting on the energy giant. We’ll also be joined by Ken Cohen, vice president of public and government affairs for Exxon Mobil Corporation.
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This hour, we’ll talk about if it’s realistic to think all of our energy could one day come from the sun with Philip Warburg, author of “Harness the Sun: America’s Quest for a Solar-Powered Future.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how discoveries of new energy sources have had profound effects on art and culture with Barry Lord. He writes about the topic in Art & Energy: How Culture Changes.
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This hour we’ll learn about how these trends trace their origins to the Industrial Revolution and even earlier with Jeremy Caradonna, associate professor of history at the University of Alberta. His new book is Sustainability: A History.
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How will we transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and is such a move even possible?
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