Two weeks ago Congressman Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland, who heretofore had been the only member of Congress speaking out about peak oil, introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to the effect that peak oil is coming and we had better do something about it—now.
The preamble to the resolution reads as follows:
“Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, in collaboration with other international allies, should establish an energy project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency that was incorporated in the `Man on the Moon’ project to address the inevitable challenges of `Peak Oil’.”
What was interesting about this resolution was not that Congressman Bartlett introduced it, but that he had 14 other members of Congress, including Falls Church’s Jim Moran, sign on to it. Fifteen is a start. Not enough to pass a peak oil mitigation program, but a lot better than one.
Depending on whether any oil industry opposition develops and who owes a favor to whom, Congressman Bartlett may or may not be able to get his resolution to the floor for a vote by the whole house. If the resolution ever makes it to the floor, the ensuing vote should give us an insight into how far along we are on the formation of our critical mass in the Congress.
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