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What is peak oil, and will fracking buy us time?

Clip: 5/22/2014 | 8m 37s

What is peak oil, and will fracking buy us time?

PBS NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman speaks with former big pharma executive Chris Martenson about why the money the U.S. printed after the financial crash would have been better spent on alternative energy rather than on the banks.

05/22/2014 | Rating NR

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