We were hoping to set up a petition but found one already exists - please sign this petition:http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Oildepletion/
As we move into an era of oil depletion and energy constraint, everything from transportation to medicine to food to climate change response strategies will be affected. Almost everything we do is dependent on oil. The transition to a future of reduced oil supply will require the development of clean, reliable, and renewable energy sources and reduced oil production and consumption. The Oil Depletion Protocol will allow us to accomplish both - simply, conservatively, and cooperatively. It is a plan for a sensible energy future.
After Professor Richard Heinberg's visit to Stroud last week we are keen to get a momentum behind this issue - he spoke to 400 people in Stroud, attended an excellent Transition Towns conference (over 30 places represented) and spoke at various other meetings including specially to our District Council's Cabinet members (see many previous posts on this) - great to see their faces - apparently he is also talking to civil servants today and our local MP, David Drew is now in moves to get him to talk to a cross-party group of MPs.
In Stroud we are looking at ways to get local Councils to also adopt the protocol - a great model is Portland, Oregon - the local Government there has produced a great document which should be essential reading for all local Government councillors and more.
See more re Oil Depletion Protocol here:
http://www.oildepletionprotocol.org/
Please sign this petition:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Oildepletion/
'We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Adopt the Oil Depletion Protocol. We urge the PM to adopt the Oil Depletion Protocol (as developed by Richard Heinberg and Colin Campbell )for the UK and to take a lead role in growing a consensus of European adoption, and in turn global adoption, thereby averting oil wars, terrorism and economic collapse.'
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