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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
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We are pleased to announce the publication of the first APPGOPO report, 'The Impact of Peak Oil on International Development' co-written with RESET and Practical Action . The report urges policy makers to look on post-disaster relief operations as opportunities to build truly sustainable low-carbon communities. It demonstrates how non-fossil fuel dependent energy generation, construction and farming methods will be essential if communities are to become resilient to energy price rises. 'The Impact of Peak Oil on International Development' - Click here to download |
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 |
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'The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil' will be shown to MPs, Lords and Parliamentary Staff at 6.30pm on Tuesday July 8th in the Wilson Room, Portcullis House.
The film documents the rise of local, organic agriculture in Cuba following the drastic reduction in oil imports after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
If you are a UK citizen, please email your MP asking them to attend this screening. You can find out who your MP is and email them through www.writetothem.com You may wish to mention that the film is only 50 minutes long.
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Friday, 20 June 2008 |
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APPGOPO Meeting - Tuesday June 10th 2008
Speakers:
David McGrath (ReGenTech) - Powerpoint Slides
Tim Helweg-Larson & Paul Allen (Centre for Alternative Technology) - Powerpoint Slides
Audio will be uploaded soon.
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Friday, 30 May 2008 |
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A petition urging the government to reevaluate their position on an imminent peak in global oil production has been posted on the 10 Downing Street website.
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Oil-Depletion/ All UK citizens can sign online. The deadline for signatures is July 29th 2008. |
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Friday, 23 May 2008 |
50 MPs warn government that global oil production may be peaking London, 23rd May 2008 - A cross-party group of MPs including former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell have signed a Commons motion urging the government to review its estimates as to when global oil production will peak and begin to decline.
As crude oil hit another record high of $135 a barrel on Wednesday, and as UK motorists notice the impact of sustained high prices at the petrol pumps, MPs are beginning to mobilise around the idea that current high oil prices may just be the beginning of a permanent trend. Experts at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) have warned of an overall liquid fuel peak likely between 2010-2012, while the International Energy Agency (IEA) have predicted an oil 'supply crunch' in 2012. John Hemming MP, who tabled the Early Day Motion (1453) said that 'the government is failing to address the reality that we are reaching the limits to growth in global oil production. The implications for the way we run our society and economy are profound, but the government refuses even to initiate a contingency study. Rather than making futile appeals to OPEC to raise production, Gordon Brown must recognise that we cannot carry on with the same old assumptions of endless growth in world oil production'. Hemming chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil (APPGOPO) which was founded in July 2007 to review estimates of future oil production and consider the consequences of declining world oil production for the UK and world economy. Link to the EDM here: http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=35715&SESSION=891
Contact: Neil Endicott at
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