Roger Bezdek on the Hirsch Followup

Global Public Media – Roger Bezdek, president of Management Information Services Inc. (MISI) and coauthor of Peaking Of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, & Risk Management (the Hirsch report) talks with GPM correspondent Jason Brenno about the followup to the Hirsch report: Economic Impacts of Liquid Fuel Mitigation Options.

JB- What is the purpose for the second report and why was the second report a necessity?

RB- Well, the first report that we completed last year looked at the implications of oil peaking and the necessary mitigation options required and their implications basically for the world. The second report focused more narrowly on the situation in the US and was much more detailed looking at more options and the impact by industry, by employment GDP, implications for occupational and skill requirements and so forth. So, the second report is a much more detailed focused analysis of the costs and benefits.

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