They advocate:

• Create a Peak Oil Task Force on a state level and develop incentive legislation for municipalities to begin this type of planning on a local basis.

• Initiate a Public Education Campaign: We need plain talk that tells the whole story and connects the dots to lay the groundwork for any broad policy package.

• Create a State Department of Energy with overall responsibility to oversee the transition.

• Top priority: develop and coordinate State and local emergency plans to deal with the impacts of sudden fuel reductions. (Fuel allocation, food distribution, transportation, health services, emergency response, etc.)

• Conduct scenarios planning

• Lead long-range sustainability planning: 50 years versus 5.