The Oil Drum

On 5 March 2007 David Miliband MP delivered a lecture titled "The transition economy: a future beyond oil?" Full text available here. The 18MB MP3 audio file is available here.

Nice title, so who is he? Miliband is Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, a senior cabinet position in the Blair Government. He became an MP for Labour in 2001 and was appointed to the cabinet in 2005. At just 41 he’s regarded as young for his position and there has even been press speculation he might challenge Gordon Brown for leadership in the summer when Blair steps down.