The Third Industrial Revolution Revisited

A while back, I wrote a piece for this blog about Jeremy Rifkin and his new book, The Third Industrial Revolution.  

Earlier this month, the World Hydrogen Energy Conference was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The speaker at the conference's opening session was Jeremy Rifkin, and he talked about the energy transition that is already underway.in the European Union and other parts of the world.  We are starting to move away from fossil fuels toward a clean and sustainable energy model using, solar, hydro, biomass, and other renewable technologies that generate electricity.

Jeremy Rifkin spoke for about an hour at that meeting.  His talk there is now on You Tube in three parts. If you want to understand where we need to be going as a human society, I urge you to take the tinme to listen to what Jeremy Rifkin has to say.   He is a charismatic communicator and his message is incredibly compelling.    He speaks with great urgency. He says we have to be completely off carbon in thirty years. Completely, Totally. Unequivocally. He presents a plan for getting it done that is already being embraced in Europe and other parts of the world.

A big part of this transition depends on hydrogen's emergence as the principle means of storing and transporting renewably produced electricity.  

Jeremy Rifkin's talk at the 2012 World Hydrogen Energy Conference is delivered in three 'You Tube' files.

Here is part one...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=372gPsNWGtU&feature=relmfu

Part Two...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZH3iYSkQRM&feature=relmfu

Part Three...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdbayOe8ReY