Officials ponder Northwest’s energy future

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Learning to live with less oil is one of the keys to the energy future of the Pacific Northwest, business and government leaders say.

World oil production will eventually peak and sharply decline, according to a 2005 report to the U.S. Department of Energy.

Metro — the regional government agency that plans for the Portland metro area — has responded by completing a report, titled “Future Oil Supply Uncertainty and Metro.”

The city of Portland also is bracing with the future. It established a peak oil task force in May to study measures the city can take to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

AP