Peak Oil Task Force Report - City of Bloomington - State of Indiana

WEB SITES
Energy Bulletin (http://www.energybulletin.net). “A clearinghouse for information
regarding the peak in global energy supply.”
The Oil Drum (http://www.theoildrum.com). A collective and very active collective blog
whose self‐proclaimed mission is “to facilitate civil, evidence‐based discussions about
energy and its impact on our future.” One or two major articles are posted daily. An
especially useful feature is the “DrumBeat” column, a daily compilation of articles from all
over the web related broadly to the topic of peak oil.
The Post Carbon Institute (http://www.postcarbon.org/). “[H]elps individuals and
communities understand and respond to the environmental, societal, and economic crises created
by our dependence on fossil fuels.”
OTHER MAJOR PEAK OIL TASK FORCE REPORTS
Portland, Oregon, Descending the Oil Peak: Navigating the Transition from Oil and Natural
Gas (March 2007) http://www.portlandonline.com/OSD/index.cfm?a=145732&c=42894
San Buenaventura, California, Transforming Urban Environments for a Post­Peak Oil
Future (2007):
http://www.cityofventura.net/files/public_works/maintenance_services/environmental_s
ervices/resources/post‐peakoil.pdf
Oakland, California, Oil Independent Action Plan (February 2008)
http://www.oaklandnet.com/oil/pdfs/OIO‐ActionPlan‐020608.pdf
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Peak Oil Preparedness Report (March 2009)
http://www.sfenvironment.org/downloads/library/peakoil_final_report.pdf
Berkeley, California, Berkeley Energy Descent 2009­2020: Transitioning to the Post Carbon
Era (April 2009) http://postcarboncities.net/files/BerkeleyEnergyDescentPlan.pdf
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