Activist: Oil crisis requires drastic changes in Madison

Local activist Jan Sweet envisions a city without cars, or at least a compromise – a hybrid city, which would function like a hybrid car and conserve oil.

“We want people to slow down and spend more time walking, biking and relaxing,” Sweet said.


Sweet, who has a degree in architecture and urban planning from the UW-Milwaukee and lives in Madison, has submitted detailed plans to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and Gov. Jim Doyle proposing drastic conservation measures. He is also urging the mayor and the governor to form respective peak oil task forces.

Peak oil is the point at which the global supply of crude peaks and then diminishes forever. In the United States, peak oil happened in the 1970s. The mainstream media are not giving enough attention to the country’s serious oil problem, Sweet said.

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