Congratualations are in order to Central Ohio Relocalization Effort (CORE) member Professor Korpela. He is now a member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil - USA advisory board.

http://www.aspo-usa.com/AdvisoryBoard.cfm

http://www.aspo-usa.com/AdvisoryBoard.cfm

Matthew Simmons is the President of the Advisory Board and other notables serving on the board include:

Dr Colin J. Campbell - Oxford PhD petroleum geologist. Founder of ASPO and ASPO Ireland. .

Dr. Robert L. Hirsch - PhD physicist and principal author of the FEB 2005 SAIC report "The Peaking of World Oil Production".

Mr. John T. Heinen - affiliated with the Post Carbon Institute, the Midwest Renewable Energy Association and the Community Solution, a program of Community Service, Inc. He is a Moderator/Administrator for Peak Oil News and Message Boards (www.peakoil.com ) and also moderates the Peak Oil forum for Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich at www.kucinich.us .

Mr. Tom Whipple - a retired US government analyst who currently writes a weekly column on peak oil for the Virginia newspaper the Falls Church News Press. He also edits and distributes ASPO-USA's weekly Peak Oil Review and daily Peal Oil Notes.

Mr. David Room - founder of "Energy Preparedness" and lecturer on energy issues. (David Room was key in facilitating the "beta" version of the Post Carbon Institute's Relocalization Manual.)

Attached is a profile of Professor Korpela.

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