John Kaufmann bio

John Kaufmann was the lead staffer for the groundbreaking Portland, Oregon Peak Oil Task Force (2006-2007), which looked at the implications of declining oil and gas supplies for the city.

John is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Oregon Department of Energy, responsible for oil and natural gas supply issues. He has worked with that agency for over 25 years, starting as one of the nation's first state-level solar energy specialists. John received a Professional Achievement Award from the American Planning Association in 1988 for his work in getting 25 cities in Portland, Oregon metropolitan area to adopt solar orientation and solar rights ordinances. He managed Oregon's Business and Residential Tax Credit Programs, and Building Technologies program for 10 years.

About John's presentation

John is available for presentations at conferences as well as for government and public audiences. To request John for a speaking engagement outside Oregon, please contact our head office. To request John for a speaking engagement within Oregon, please contact John directly (for such engagements he will need be booked as a State of Oregon employee).

John has spoken to government and public audiences across the country about peak oil and the experiences of the Portland task force. He has two basic presentations; each lasts 20-40 minutes, and they are combinable as a single 45-60 minute presentation:

• Peak Oil: Causes and Prospects
  • the facts, data and driving forces behind peak oil and peak natural gas;
  • the current and future impacts of peak oil on global, national and local economies
  • the potential for other energy sources to supply global demand
  • the potential for planning and economic behavior changes to to reduce global energy demand
• Descending the Oil Peak: The Portland Peak Oil Task Force Report
  • brief overview based on the Peak Oil: Causes and Prospects slideshow
  • background, structure and process of the Task Force
  • key questions and key impacts discussed by the Task Force
  • recommendations of the Task Force

Supporting Materials

You are free to re-use materials from John's slideshows, but please attribute them to him and let him know. Please also do not change and then use any of these presentations without permission.

• SLIDESHOW: Peak Oil: Causes and Prospects - May 2008 (2.7MB .pdf)
  APA conference
• SLIDESHOW: Portland Peak Oil Task Force Report - September 2007 (1.6MB .pdf)
  Minnesota legislative committee, Connecticut legislative caucus
• VIDEO: Presentation to Peak Oil and Natural Gas Caucus, Connecticut Legislature, November 2007

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