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Richard Heinberg

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October 21, 1950

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Richard William Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on energy, economic, and ecological issues, including oil depletion. He is the author of 13 books, and presently serves as the senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute.

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MuseLetter #400: As America turns 250, its attention to continued survival fades and fractures

MuseLetter #400 / July 2026 by Richard Heinberg Download printable PDF version It’s with tremendous sadness that we share the news of Richard Heinberg’s tragic passing on July 19, 2026, after a short, brutal illness. Please visit the memorial website for Richard to share your own reflections and memories. This month marks the 400th monthly […]

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	The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality 3.96 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 2011 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies 4.03 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2003 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines 3.87 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 2007 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World 3.83 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st Century's Sustainability Crises by Richard Heinberg (Editor), Daniel Lerch (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snake Oil: How Fracking's False Promise of Plenty Imperils Our Future 3.95 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy by Richard Heinberg, David Fridley 4.09 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels 4.08 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Growth Update: Europe & America Stumble, China Hits the Wall 4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories and Visions of Paradise: Exploring the Universal Myth of a Lost Golden Age 3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1985 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The end of economic growth does not necessarily mean we’ve reached the end of qualitative improvements in human life.”
― Richard Heinberg, The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

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“All of the solutions to our growth-based problems involve some form of self-restraint. That’s why most of those solutions remain just good ideas. That’s also why we will probably hit the wall, and why the outcomes described in the previous chapters of this book are likely. The sustainability revolution will occur. The depletion of nonrenewable resources ensures that humankind will eventually base its economy on renewable resources harvested at rates of natural replenishment. But that revolution will be driven by crisis.”
― Richard Heinberg, The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

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“climate change is the greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen,”
― Richard Heinberg, The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality

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