Report on the Implications of Peak Oil

… The op-ed that Bob Duff and I wrote for the Connecticut Post was preceded by a informational hearing of the Connecticut Legislative Peak Natural Gas Caucus (well its was written before the hearing and ran a week after). Since the November first hearing I have written and submitted to the legislative leaders and the Gov. in Connecticut a report named Peak Oil Production and the Implications on Connecticut.
We are concerned enough by the prospects of oil production falling or remaining level having unacceptable impacts on our people to start the dialog in the state. We don’t know when Peak Oil will happen – or if it has happened – our when or if technology will mitigate the impacts — we don’t care to debate that –we have all been around politics far long enough to know it moves at glacial pace. Even if we take the most optimistic of views like that of EIA or CERA –it’s not that long of a lead time considering the work that needs to be done and the slow pace of government. The economist, oil men, business folks all have a different duty than we do. Of course we will need them to make the change happen but we need to pick the destination or they will just do more of the same.

You can read the report here on one of my websites.
Your buddies in CT need to understand that progress on this matter will come from the local yokels not the indentured servants in DC.

Thanks
Representative Terry Backer

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