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Energy Forum #2
Averting a Liquid Fuels Crisis from Peak Oil
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, R-MD and Dr. Robert
Hirsch, SAIC
Monday April 24
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City, VA.
Congressman
Roscoe Bartlett and Dr. Robert Hirsch presented
background and lead a discussion about peak oil
and its ramifications for liquid fuels that are
vital for transportation worldwide and the feedstock
for plastics, pharmaceuticals and other essentials.
The era of plentiful, low-cost conventional oil
is approaching an end because production will
soon reach its maximum capacity – a peak.
Most experts
predict peak within this decade or the next. Peak
will impose a sudden limit on the supply of a
commodity that is essential to the functioning
of the world economy. Commercially viable mitigation
options are available. However, the scale of the
problem is unprecedented in the modern world,
so unless mitigation is implemented soon, the
economic damage to the U.S. and the world will
be dire and long lasting.
Our next event features Jeremy
Rifkin speaking on the Hydrogen Economy on
Tues, May 22.
Event Items
Full
announcement
Introduction
Congressman
Bartlett's presentation (ppt)
Dr.
Hirsch's presentation (ppt)
Audio
recording (mp3 - 81m)
Meeting
notes
Transcript - unedited for accuracy
Further information about
the presenters
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
Biography (pdf)
Clock
Ticking on Oil Addiction - CNN interview
excerpt March 2005
Testimony
before the Subcommittee on Energy & Air Quality
- U.S. House of Representatives Dec 2005
First
Hearing by Congress  on
Understanding "Peak Oil"
September
2005 US Army Corps of Engineers Peak Oil report.
Dr. Robert Hirsch
Biography (website)
Feb
2005 DOE-commissioned report known as the Hirsch
Report (pdf)
The
Inevitable Peaking of World Oil Production (pdf)
Additional Resources
Energy
Conversation Getting Louder - post event
press
Energy
Consensus website
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Upcoming Event
December
12 - Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute - Winning
the Oil Endgame
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2006 Calendar
March 27 - R. James
Woolsey, Former Director of the CIA -
Energy, Security and the Long War of the 21st
Century
April 24 - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and Dr.
Robert Hirsch, SAIC Averting a Liquid Fuels Crisis from "Peak Oil"
May 22 - Jeremy
Rifkin -
The Hydrogen Economy
June 20 - Matt Simmons - Twilight in the Desert
July 17 - Dr. Michael
Pacheco and Suzanne Hunt - Biofuels' Potential,
Risks and Implications - National and Global Perspectives
Sept 18 - Retired Navy
Admiral Frank L. "Skip" Bowman (USN, Retired) - Nuclear Energy 2006: Status and Outlook
October 16 - Scott Sklar
and Dr. Robert Birkmire - Solar: Photovoltaic
Advance in System Application for Critical Functions..
November 13 - Brian Appel, Changing World Technologies, Inc. - Thinking Differently About Energy Sources - A
Paradigm Shift - From Waste To Fuel
December
12 - Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute - Winning
the Oil Endgame
2007 Calendar
January 16- Charles R. Zimmerman, Walmart - Why
the World's Largest Retailer is so Obsessed with
Energy.
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