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Ottawa 2020->$200-$300 oil

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The Ottawa 2020 plan needs an impact assessment of the $200-$300 barrel oil situation.

Ottawa Community Forum Report, Dec 28 2007

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Specifically, we might want to look at where the city currently gets its projections for oil prices over the next few years. This may be the best place to look to discover why this planning has not been done.

Witness the following in energy bulletin:

Why planning for $200 barrel oil is so importanthttp://www.energybulletin.net/44533.html

It shows how low oil price predictions, which are not informed by information about difficulties in supply, can skew policy.

It is important to find out where the city gets its statistics. Does anyone know which figures, if any, are used in Ottawa-Gatineau?

mark, May 29 2008