Naomi Klein's TED Talk

We've "Entered the Era of Extreme Energy"

Written by Brian Hicks

Posted January 17, 2011

"How else to describe this, but as a form of mass insanity. Just when we know we need to be learning to live on the surface of our planet, off the power of sun, wind and waves; We are frantically digging to get at the dirtiest, highest emitting stuff imaginable..."

-Naomi Klein

In this lively TED talk, Canadian author Naomi Klein confronts our obsession with extreme risk, and talks BP, fracking and "terrestrial skinning"...