Peak Oil Progress in the U.S. Government It’s a start

• National Academies workshop on peaking

• Energy Secretary Bodman has spoken of limits to oil supply / world oil peaking

• Bodman has asked the National Petroleum Council for a study of peak oil & gas (Due next year)

• Congressman Roscoe Bartlett speaks out often on peaking

• Congress asks Congressional General Accountability Office to study peaking (Due in October - November)

• Department of Defense report raises peaking concerns

• Media coverage & blogs proliferate

• Needed: Major Event or Statement by a world leader