ACT Peak Oil

ACT Peak Oil President Alex Pollard today welcomed announcement of a light rail taskforce by the Conservation Council and Canberra Business Council. "An electrified mass transit system will be important if Canberra is to meet emission targets, and a crucial component of any viable transport system after Peak Oil." he said.

"Canberrans can expect ever-rising fuel costs as world oil production peaks and begins an irreversible decline. Even worse, an oil export crisis is forseeable

You are welcome to join ACT Peak Oil. Joining ACT Peak Oil will give you a chance to input into our development of policy proposals to ameliorate Peak Oil. Membership fees also help contribute towards our raising awareness. Just send an email to and we will get back to you.

Annual membership $20, with a concession rate of $10.

The ACT Peak Oil Inc. rules are available here.

ACT Peak Oil has been featured in a number of news items today raising awareness about the imminent oil crisis.

Click through for an article from the Canberra Times reporting some of our expectations for the future of transport planning.

Update: The Canberra Times featured ACT Peak Oil for a second day running after we held up a banner at the opening of the last stage of the GDE. Minister Hargreaves came over and we had a polite and friendly chat with him on transport policy.

Speaking today at the Canberra 2020 summit, Alex Pollard, President of ACT Peak Oil, said "The ACT Government's decision to build the GDE with only one lane in each direction is to be welcomed. ACT Peak Oil recognises this decision as a prudent cost saving measure. The daily commute will be uneconomic to most Canberrans within a decade. World oil production is likely to peak and decline imminently. Additional expenditure on the road would have been a waste."

ACT Peak Oil is now an incorporated association. You are welcome to join, just send an email to and we will get back to you.

Annual membership $20, with a concession rate of $10.

The ACT Peak Oil Inc. rules are available here.

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ACT Peak Oil is proud to present the premiere screening of the acclaimed film Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash on Wednesday 1st August. The world-wide peak and irreversible decline of oil production is happening now. And Canberra is particularly vulnerable. Come and find out more about this important issue.
Update: There will be a short forum after the film with guest speakers Kerrie Tucker (ACT Greens Senate candidate), Bill Stefaniak (ACT Leader of the Opposition) and Mike Kelly (Labor candidate for Eden-Monaro). Wine included.

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Dr Roger Bezdek will be speaking at a parliamentary briefing on Peak Oil. Dr Roger Bezdek is co-author of the Hirsch Report, the first public report about Peak Oil commissioned by the US Government. This makes him the "Stern-equivalent" in the realm of Peak Oil.
Hosted by ASPO Australia and Senator Rachel Siewert.

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From the 666 ABC Canberra website:
"On Tuesday, May 22, we will be holding the Tuesday Transport Challenge - where we will be asking you to leave your car keys at home and take a bus, ride your bike, or walk to you first appointment of the day, once you arrive we want you to call the Morning Show with Alex Sloan and tell us how it went."
Check here for details

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666 ABC Canberra is holding a transport forum in the 666 Studios. The forum will consist of a panel of transport thinkers.
Update:Alex Pollard has been invited to participate as a representative of ACT Peak Oil.
Check here for details