Congressman Bartlett on Peak Oil on C-SPAN tonight

By Bartlett Staffers, originally published by bartlett.house.gov

May 2, 2005

NOTE: Rep. Bartlett’s talk planned for April 27th took place tonight, Tuesday, May 3.

“Peak Oil” – Tonight–C-SPAN will broadcast LIVE on cable and the Internet Congressman Bartlett’s third Special Order Speech about Peak Oil. It is scheduled for the third hour after legislative business is completed. The estimated start time is between 10:30 and 11:30 pm Eastern.

Congressman Bartlett will discuss how the U.S. can overcome the threat to America’s economic prosperity and national security posed by growing world demand for oil and consensus projections of future declines in world oil production.

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Bartlett Staffers

Tags: Fossil Fuels, Oil

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