Stairway to Hell

Will small-town Alberta lead the energy transition? Or suffer the fate of ghost towns like Bankhead? Energy analyst and author Peter Tertzakian shares the story "Stairway to Hell" from his Energyphile project (check it out at energyphile.org), about a town that went bust during the shift from coal to oil over a century ago. He and cohost Tony Seskus ask what lessons could be learned today for the small towns of southern Alberta