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Thankyou so much for your leadership on the issues as they may pertain to Peak oil. I read as many of your posts as my schedule allows ....impressive and illuminating... My respect for you WestTexas Stuart Staniford and even Totoneila and the many others cannot be expressed. You all serve your fellow man beyond expectation... thank you all.
Should we collectively consider the formation of hard copy deliverables to the various members of congress in the form of solutions? Proffered in the following manner: 1. one page point paper. 2. three page amplification of same. 3. a white paper similar to a report with findings. 4. a Power Point briefing outlining #3.
Perhaps the collective wisdom of the Oil Drum should take pains to work on a set of deliverables to the main stream.
regards TG80
TG80,
I think that in terms of getting the most "bang for a buck" what would work best is a book of edited TOD postings. This anthology would be an introduction to the related issues of Peak Oil and climate change--as well as an interesting list of short discussions on topics related to these two main ones.
My guess is it would take about 2,000 hours of work for somebody to put this book together (Co-editors would work.), and in my opinion royalties sould go entirely to the editors (who could if they wished donate some funds to TOD). The book could be put in the form of an annual edition.
Books have credibility. With a book, you can get major TV exposure.
There are no guarantees in the publishing world, but it would not surprise me to see a best-seller titled "The Oil Drum" or something like that.
BTW, I am not volunteering to be an editor because I have another project underway.
Don Sailorman,
The reason for my suggestion is based upon my experience. The volume of digestable information in the halls of Gov't is less than that actually consumed. The point paper, white paper, power point briefing material are examples of documents that consolidate information to the consumable and digestable level. Imagine the mass of reading material that comes across the desk of a congressman.
I do not however disagree with your suggestion that a book is in order. This is a great suggestion and one that must be persued! I've of course read Kunstler and Simmons and use them as constant sources of reference and fact checking esp. Simmons. I have considerable knowledge about the Intelligence community and find that analysts in particular long for more data and are loath to submit findings ....always waiting for more information. However, I find the Oil Drum opinion and analysis quite mature and ready to approach the main. Decision makers and the analysts that support them would be hard pressed to wade through the stream of information on this august site. As I am not a frequent contributer to the Oil Drum but prefer to let the tempest rage my comments are given with hesitation. Moreover, the time may be right. Shall we "strike while the iron is hot" as it were? My successes were always limited by timing. My own desires were limited by the desires of the collective and decision makers who had other priorites the merit of the idea notwithstanding.
Regards TG80 sends