Resolutions
The most straightforward way to get your municipality engaged on responding to our energy predicament is a resolution. On what I call 4-11 ("four eleven") - that is April 11th, 2006 - San Francisco became the first major city in North America to pass a resolution about our energy predicament. The resolution calls for peak oil to be considered a serious issue, a city wide assessment funded by the mayor to be undertaken, and the oil depletion protocol to be endorsed.
Hopefully people won't just say "only in California" as they do on so many other issues. Getting San francisco to be the first major city to pass a peak oil resolution is kind of like getting Cuba to be the first signatory to the Oil Depletion protocol. It should be noted that on December 6, 2005, Franklin, NY (population 2500) became the first town to pass a peak oil resolution thanks to the efforts of peak oil activist Gene Marner.
Cities With Peak Oil Resolutions
6 December 2005 Franklin, NY
11 April 2006 San Francisco, CA
10 May 2006 Portland, OR
19 July 2006 Bloomington, IN
17 October 2006 Oakland, CA
We have a number of resources for you on resolutions, including:
Resolution Texts:
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