Pipeline Paradigm (4/26/13)
b"Are the Canadian tar sands and Keystone XL pipeline huge economic drivers or climate killers? Pipeline supporters such as Canadian diplomat Cassie Doyel say it\\u2019s better for America to get its energy from Canada than unfriendly nations. But Sam Avery, Author of The Pipeline and the Paradigm, warns that there\\u2019s enough carbon in the tar sands \\u201cto send Earth\\u2019s climate into an irreversible tailspin.\\u201d Dan Miller, Managing Director of the Roda Group, looks at the long term saying \\u201cas a price on carbon kicks in, and it starts to build over time, the tar sands will be the first things that will be knocked off the list.\\u201d Greg Croft, Lecturer at St. Mary\\u2019s College of California, points out that \\u201cthe carbon problem is global and we haven't solved any problem on a global basis.\\u201d A conversation on matching energy supply and demand in a carbon constrained world This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club of California on April 26, 2013\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"