Over the past six months, the Hubbert Tribute has spoken with staffers with every major presidential candidate and provided information on peak oil. We have worked with renowned energy experts including co-authors of the DOE funded "Hirsch Report" Roger Bezdek and Robert Hirsch, and former industry expert Jan Lundberg among others to provide briefings to the campaign staff of presidential candidates. The Hubbert Tribute is partnering with Inspiring Green Leadership and other peak oil experts to offer webinars and briefings on peak oil and climate change to all presidential candidates (see below).

The purpose of the presidential peak oil education program is to get peak oil on the radar of presidential candidates so that the incoming administration can ultimately develop a more sustainable energy policy. The objectives of this effort are to get the candidates to:

• Officially recognize Peak Oil and inform American people sooner rather than later
• Agree to designate a task force to assess problem and recommend solutions in both the short term and long term
• Recognize peak oil and climate change as equally important and intertwined issues
• Add an oil transparency plank to their energy platform including transparency in reserves, production, methodology, U.S. energy policy history, and EROEI of substitutes.

Dr. Hirsch talks about this effort on The Energy Roundtable on February 2, 2008. Jim Puplava and John Loeffler of Financial Sense Newshour further discuss this work on The BIG Picture on February 9, 2008.

Presentations given to presidential staff:
THE PEAKING OF WORLD OIL PRODUCTION: IMPLICATIONS,
OPPORTUNITIES & PITFALLS by Dr. Roger Bezdek and Dr. Robert Hirsch

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NOTE: The Presidential Peak Oil Education program needs your help and support! We have a number of volunteer and internship opportunities. Internship opportunities include research, contacting campaigns, developing materials and web content, blogging, etc... If you are interested in making a difference, contact jason (at) mkinghubbert dot com.

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Peak Oil, Climate Change and Business: A Free Web-based Executive Briefing
This FREE sixty-minute live Executive Briefing addresses the most
important elements of climate change, peak oil and how they affect each
other. It includes a fifteen-minute question and answer period at the
end with the presenter. The briefing is offered free to campaign staff
by Inspiring Green Leadership, every other Wednesday at 12:30 – 1:30pm
Eastern Time. Invite your friends! Sign up at least one day beforehand.