ASPOUSAs Annual M' King Hubbert Awards

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ASPO-USAs Annual M. King Hubbert Awards

• Boston Conference
• Boston University, CEES
• October 26th, 2006

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M. King Hubbert 1903 - 1988

• Ph.D. geophysicist, innovator, Columbus
• Flag bearer for this story
• Most unforgettable character type
• Were we a rational society, a virtue of
  which.

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Richard Heinberg

• Core faculty member of New College of California
• Ground-breaking author
• Tireless, insightful public speaker (300!)
• Regarded as one of the worlds foremost educators
  on peak oil and societal impacts
• One of the lead voices in several videos

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5/05 There is a new voice in D.C.

• Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Maryland)
• He knows the peak oil issue
• Science teacher
• Straightforward communicator
• Hes speaking out about this issue (in the Cong.
  Rec., on C-Span)
• D.C. still seems clueless

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U.S. Representative Roscoe Bartlett

• Peak Oil caucus formed
• Committee hearing on peak oil last December
• Helped push the GAO inquiry into the peak oil
  story
• Tireless communicator on this topic