ACT Peak Oil - Media release

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ACT Peak Oil - Media release http://act-peakoil.org/taxonomy/term/9/0 ACT Peak Oil media release en John Blackburn to speak on "Australia’s Fuel Security - She’ll be right?" http://act-peakoil.org/node/116 PUBLIC MEETING   John Blackburn AO Author of Australias Liquid Fuel Security - 2013 report for NRMA "Australias Fuel Security - She'll be right?"   Hosted by Shane Rattenbury MLA Greens Member for Molonglo   6-7pm Wednesday 20 May 2015 Refreshments from 5.30pm   Legislative Assembly Building London Circuit, Canberra Organised by <a href="http://actpeakoil.org.au/">ACT Peak Oil</a>   Further information: Jenny Goldie 0401 921 453 Media Release follows below <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/116">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/116#comments Local Media release National Coming events Thu, 14 May 2015 12:08:03 +1000 admin 116 at http://act-peakoil.org Public meeting with Senator Ludlum on “Sleepwalking to an oil shock” http://act-peakoil.org/node/114 <div> Public Meeting <img width=50% height=50% src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Scott_Ludlam_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg"/>   Senator Scott Ludlam                                                                Sleepwalking to an oil shock   7.30 - 8.30pm Wednesday 9 July 2014 (refreshments from 7pm)   ACT Legislative Assembly Building, London Circuit, Canberra   Host: Shane Rattenbury MLA, ACT Greens Member for Molonglo    Organised by ACT Peak Oil   Entry by gold coin donation. Further information: Jenny Goldie jenny.goldie@optusnet.com.au 0401 921 453 <a href="/files/Public Meeting_Scott Ludlam_9July2014.pdf">Click for event flyer</a> <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/114">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/114#comments Local Media release National Coming events Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:13:01 +1000 admin 114 at http://act-peakoil.org Matt Mushalik's speech preceding ACT Peak Oil AGM http://act-peakoil.org/node/113 <center>Presentation by</center> <center><a href="/files/Credentials%20Matt%20Mushalik-Nov2013.pdf">Matt Mushalik</a></center> <center>"Global crude oil peak started 2005"</center> <center>Author of <a href="http://CrudeOilPeak.info">CrudeOilPeak.info</a></center> <center>Havelock House</center> <center>85 Northbourne Ave Turner</center> <center>5.30 for 6pm</center> <center>Refreshments served at 5.30pm</center> <center>Thursday 21 November 2013</center> <center>The address will be followed by Q&A and conclude at 7pm. After a 10 minute break, the AGM of ACT Peak Oil will proceed. Members of the public are welcome to attend and to join.</center> <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/113">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/113#comments Local Media release Coming events Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:30:04 +1100 admin 113 at http://act-peakoil.org ACT PEAK OIL SURVEY REVEALS GROWING AWARENESS OF PEAK OIL AMONG THE A.C.T.’S FEDERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES http://act-peakoil.org/node/112 Media release   3 September 2013   ACT PEAK OIL SURVEY REVEALS GROWING AWARENESS OF PEAK OIL AMONG THE A.C.T.’S FEDERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES   In August 2013 APO surveyed candidates for the 2013 Federal Election for the two ACT Senate seats and the seats of Canberra and Fraser in the House of Representatives.   The basis of peak oil theory is that we are using up our oil, the alternatives are not as good and that while we cannot stop the depletion of oil we can get ready for what happens when we cannot produce enough food and transport.   All candidates whose contact details were published by the Electoral Commission were invited to participate. They were asked a series of questions regarding their understanding of the decreasing amount of oil and what the government should do about this (Survey is attached).   ACT Peak Oil President Edward Smith said ‘I’m delighted to see numerous candidates demonstrating their knowledge of the integral role that oil currently plays in our consumption of food and other goods and the challenge that continued oil depletion poses’   He also said, ‘it’s exciting that the Australian Democrats Darren Churchill and the Stable Population Party’s Senate Candidate Mark O’Connor, are openly acknowledging the importance of declining oil supplies’.   Andrew Leigh and Chris Sant, Labor candidates for Fraser and the Senate, both attempted to repudiate peak oil and said that ‘the world’s resource base of conventional crude oil should not be seen as a constraint on future oil production, a view supported by the International Energy Agency (IEA).’   Mr Smith considers that relying on the IEA alone is risky given that the Australian Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) had forecast in BITRE report 117 that oil production would peak in 2017. <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/all-evidence-of-this-treachery-went-down-the-memory-hole/story-e6frezz0-1226248729853">http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/all-evidence-of-this-treachery-went-down-the-memory-hole/story-e6frezz0-1226248729853</a>     ‘Even the NRMA has raised concerns about Australia’s heavy reliance on oil and the rapid damage to our food supply and health systems in the event of oil supply crises’ said Mr Smith. <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/doomsday-warning-on-fuel-stock/story-fn59niix-1226587222669">http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/doomsday-warning-on-fuel-stock/story-fn59niix-1226587222669</a>   Yet even if Dr Leigh has his way and puts off action until 2035, the Hirsch and Bezdek reports from the US Departments of Defence and Energy have said that modern economies would need 20 years of intense effort to make transitions away from oil. This means the crash course in oil independence should be beginning within the next term of government.   ‘Given the continued uncertainty in the middle east, Australia’s oil dependency should be a matter of high priority in the short term’ he added.   The Greens, who have publicly acknowledged the threat of peak oil in the past, declined to participate in the survey. ‘It was very surprising, I can only assume they are reducing their focus on the environment’ Mr Smith said.   The Liberal Party had also declined to participate. ‘For a party that purports to be a party of government, the Liberal party’s silence on peak oil is as bizarre as it is unfortunate’.   ‘I can only speculate that their traditional backers in the small business sector are as yet unaware of how their enterprises would be crippled by collapsing oil supplies and soaring prices’.   Further information: Edward Smith - 0422 290 496 or <a href="mailto:president@actpeakoil.org.au">president@actpeakoil.org.au</a>   <a name="_GoBack"></a>    <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/112">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/112#comments Local Media release News Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:26:03 +1000 admin 112 at http://act-peakoil.org Letter to The Economist magazine http://act-peakoil.org/node/111 Your leader (‘Yesterday’s fuel’ August 3rd2013) is correct in asserting that advances in automotive efficiency and certain environmental (essentially energy efficiency) policies will ceteris paribus reduce global demand for oil. This is precisely why so many peak oil organisations are lobbying explicitly for incentives for energy efficiency, such as replacing or reducing income taxes with the introduction or increase of oil and gas taxes.  <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/111">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/111#comments International Media release News Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:05:48 +1000 admin 111 at http://act-peakoil.org Thank you Mr Rattenbury http://act-peakoil.org/node/110 Dear Editor, ACT Peak Oil applauds TAMS Minister Shane Rattenbury's public acknowledgement of the importance of peak oil in transport planning (Our roads streets ahead. August 3). Peak Oil is as uncomplicated as David Ellery made it out to be: oil supplies are diminishing. ACT Peak Oil proposes that this means petrol and diesel will therefore become more scarce and expensive. We also propose that this is a problem because none of the alternatives match petrochemicals' power to weight ratios, chemical stability and other properties. Many politicians have said we do not have to worry about this but none can refute the very simple aforementioned theory. The first step in ACT Peak Oil's 12 point plan for Canberra 'seeing off the challenge from peak oil' is admitting we have a problem. Thank you Mr Rattenbury. Edward Smith President ACT Peak Oil <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/110">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/110#comments Local Media release News Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:42:00 +1000 admin 110 at http://act-peakoil.org Richard Heinberg's Canberra presentation audio available http://act-peakoil.org/node/99 Community radio station 2XX has made available Richard Heinberg's talk from September 21: <a href="http://fuzzylogicon2xx.podbean.com/2012/09/23/the-end-of-growth/">http://fuzzylogicon2xx.podbean.com/2012/09/23/the-end-of-growth/</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/99#comments International Local Media release National Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:23:27 +1000 admin 99 at http://act-peakoil.org Richard Heinberg speaks in Canberra September 21 http://act-peakoil.org/node/98 ACT Peak Oil is pleased to announce acclaimed author and Peak Oil expert <a href="http://richardheinberg.com">Richard Heinberg</a> will be in Canberra to speak at a local event on <a href="http://richardheinbergincanberra.eventbrite.com/">Friday September 21 at ANU Manning Clark Theatre 1, 7pm</a> Richard Heinberg is touring Australia as a guest of <a href="http://www.population.org.au">Sustainable Population Australia</a> and sustainable population activist <a href="http://dicksmithpopulation.com">Dick Smith</a>. The Canberra leg of his tour is cosponsored by <a href="http://act-peakoil.org">ACT Peak Oil</a>, <a href="http://www.tai.org.au">The Australia Institute</a>, <a href="http://www.natsoc.org.au">Nature and Society Forum</a> and <a href="http://www.see-change.org.au">See-Change</a>. UPDATE: <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/files/Heinberg comprehensive.pdf">Tour itinerary available</a> <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/98">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/98#comments International Local Media release National Coming events Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:11:17 +1000 admin 98 at http://act-peakoil.org Letter from ACTPO President published in Guardian weekly http://act-peakoil.org/node/97 Canada's abandonment of its progressive stance on the environment has grave implications for the whole planet, not just Canada (Canada courts big oil, GW, 22 June). As NASA climate scientist James Hansen has famously said, should the proposed XL Keystone pipe-line go ahead, it would be "game over" for the climate. <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/97">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/97#comments International Media release Thu, 05 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +1000 admin 97 at http://act-peakoil.org Nicole Foss - Monday 13 February, 7:00 - 9:00pm http://act-peakoil.org/node/90 Monday 13 February, 7:00 - 9:00pm - Nicole Foss: Preparing the nation, your community and family for peak oil and deflation in the coming economic environment. CSIRO Discovery Centre, Clunies Ross Street, Acton (turn up the hill at the roundabout in Clunies Ross Street) <a href="http://act-peakoil.org/node/90">read more</a> http://act-peakoil.org/node/90#comments Local Media release National Survival tips Coming events Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:25:45 +1100 admin 90 at http://act-peakoil.org