Crash Course — Condensed

Oct 292009

images Here is a condensed version of Chris Martenson’s Crash Course. I recommend that everyone watch it to understand what is going on. It is an excellent primer on the state of our country and how we got here. There is very little that I would disagree with. If you enjoy this, you can watch the full version on Chris’s site at ChrisMartenson.com He has lots of other good stuff there as well. For a direct link to the below information go here.

45-Minute Crash Course Seminar
Summer 2009, Boulder, Colorado

Part 1: Introduction (5:13)

Part 2: Exponential Growth (9:41)

Part 3: What is Money? (8:06)

Part 4: Our Energy Predicament (6:35)

Part 5: Our Environmental Predicament (4:18)

Part 6: Our Current Predicaments (8:43)

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