[Peakoil] Fwd: ACT Greens Media: Not a peep on peak oil: Greens call for strategy

[David Lattimore]

*From:* Burmester, Tom

*Sent:* Tuesday, 15 February 2011 2:39 PM
*To:* ACT Greens
*Subject:* ACT Greens Media: Not a peep on peak oil: Greens call for 
strategy

//15 February 2011///
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*Not a peep on peak oil: Greens call for strategy *

Greens Planning and TAMS spokesperson, Caroline Le Couteur, says that 
Canberra is likely to start feeling major impacts of peak oil****in the 
next ten years, yet the Government has no strategy and is largely 
ignoring the problem.

'Peak oil' describes the point in time when the worldwide production of 
oil is maximised, meaning the supply of oil will plateau and fall, 
bringing serious problems and disruptions.[1] <#_ftn1>[1]

"It's incredible that /there is not a single reference/ to 'peak oil' in 
any of the Government's major planning, transport, infrastructure or 
climate change plans", said Caroline Le Couteur.

"Canberra is vulnerable to peak oil. We're talking about problems like 
decreased mobility, disruptions to the supply chain, cost of living 
increases, and significant impacts on residents in Canberra's outer 
suburbs, who are highly vulnerable to high fuel prices.

"In question time today, Mr Stanhope failed to point to any coordinated 
Government effort to prepare Canberra for the impending problems of peak 
oil'.

"The Liberal Party demonstrated their lack of concern for impending cost 
of living impacts on Canberra families by scoffing and heckling at the 
Greens' questions.

"As a recent series of experts' reports pointed out, Queensland has a 
program of policy work to address the problem of peak oil, but the ACT 
is failing to address petroleum security issues or their 
consequences."[2][2] <#_ftn2>

"The Greens are calling on the ACT Government to immediately develop an 
ACT plan to respond to the challenge of peak oil and ensure Canberra can 
become a thriving, resilient and sustainable community when we no longer 
rely on oil.


"The Greens have concrete proposals to transform Canberra into a 
resilient, sustainable city. We will continue to push the Government to 
accept and prepare for the reality of peak oil scenarios in Canberra," 
Ms Le Couteur said.

**MEDIA CONTACT:                                                     Tom 
Burmester-- 0423 657 561**      ACT Legislative Assembly GPO Box 1020, 
Canberra ACT 2601

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[1][1] <#_ftnref1>See: The Australia Institute, /Running on empty? The 
peak oil debate/, September 2010 
(https://www.tai.org.au/file.php?file=/media_releases/PB%2016%20Peak%20oil%20final.pdf)

[2][2] <#_ftnref2>The series of papers on Australian cities and peak oil 
is published in Australian Planner, the national journal published by 
the Planning Institute of Australia. 
(http://www.planning.org.au/documents/item/2393)


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