Posted 22/5/10 

"Arithmetic, Population and Energy" 2002

(aka  ‘The Most Important Video You Will Ever See’)

by

Dr. Albert A Bartlett,

University of Colorado 

“The Greatest Shortcoming Of The Human Race Is Our Inability To Understand The Exponential Function”

Note:  It starts slowly but quickly builds into compelling.  Each part is about 9 minutes.  If that's too much, the parts you should watch are 1, 2, 3 and 7 and 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY  Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3JI8F9LQQ&feature=channel  Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFyOw9IgtjY&feature=channel  Part 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQd-VGYX3-E&feature=channel  Part 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-X6EpvWWu8&feature=channel  Part 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3y7UlHdhAU&feature=related  Part 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2ezE7GMu1c&feature=related  Part 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGPuJHRdUcY&feature=related  Part 8