Fossil fuels: does oil have a future as a source of energy?

Changes have been occurring with regard to fossil fuel reserves: technology has now made it possible to extract oil from places that were once deemed inaccessible and maybe this resource will last longer than was expected. What oil reserves exist and what would be the social and economic costs of using them? When they run out will we be prepared for what comes next?

César R. Ranero, ICREA Research Professor at the Marine Sciences Institute (ICM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

Presented by: Xavier Duran, director of the TV3 (Catalan Television) programme “El Medi Ambient” (The Environment)