— APPLE reviews new guidebook for local government responses
Are we entering a new phase? Peak Oil has been our topic of choice for the last few years – and several recent scientific opinions indicate we may have already passed the global production peak and may now be on the early edge of the heavy effects – yes, now, in 2008. Will we be seeing more and heavier effects in the rest of this year?
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Whether or not we are currently feeling the peak, APPLE is currently gearing up its plans to help relay the message to a more focused audience, including local government: We just recieved a fresh new copy, hot off the press, of Post Carbon Institute’s new guidebook titled “Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty”.
From the book’s web site, www.postcarboncities.net:
Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty is the first major guidebook on peak oil and global warming for people who work with and for local governments in the United States and Canada. It provides a sober look at how these phenomena are quickly creating new uncertainties and vulnerabilities for cities of all sizes, reviews how “early-actor” cities are already responding to peak oil, and recommends what steps local decision-makers can take to begin addressing these unprecedented challenges.
Post Carbon Cities fills an important gap in the resources currently available to local government decision-makers on planning for the changing global energy and climate context of the 21st century.
Visit www.postcarboncities.net to view the Executive Summary and Table of Contents, and to download a free abridged preview.
“Post Carbon Cities is an exceptionally clear and comprehensive call-to-action to those who actually work in the trenches of city governance. We don’t have any more time to waste getting ready for an energy-scarcer future, and for those who remain dazed and confused, this book is an excellent place to start.” –James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency and The Geography of Nowhere