IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 12 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, 
in collaboration with other international allies, should establish an energy 
project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency that was 
incorporated in the ‘‘Man on the Moon’’ project address the inevitable 
challenges of ‘‘Peak Oil’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. BARTLETT submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the United States, in collaboration with other inter-
national allies, should establish an energy project with 
the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency that was 
incorporated in the ‘‘Man on the Moon’’ project address 
the inevitable challenges of ‘‘Peak Oil’’. 
Whereas the United States has only 2 percent of the world’s 
oil reserves; 
Whereas the United States produces 8 percent of the world’s 
oil and consumes 25 percent of the world’s oil, of which 
nearly 60 percent is imported from foreign countries; 
Whereas developing countries around the world are increasing 
their demand for oil consumption at rapid rates; for ex-
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ample, the average consumption increase, by percentage, 
from 2003 to 2004 for the countries of Belarus, Kuwait, 
China, and Singapore was 15.9 percent; 
Whereas the United States consumed more than 937,000,000 
tonnes of oil in 2004, and that figure could rise in 2005 
given previous projection trends; 
Whereas as fossil energy resources become depleted, new, 
highly efficient technologies will be required in order to 
sustainably tap replenishable resources; 
Whereas the Shell Oil scientist M. King Hubbert accurately 
predicted that United States domestic production would 
peak in 1970, and a growing number of petroleum ex-
perts believe that the peak in the world’s oil production 
(Peak Oil) is likely to occur in the next decade while de-
mand continues to rise; 
Whereas North American natural gas production has also 
peaked; 
Whereas the United States is now the world’s largest im-
porter of both petroleum and natural gas; 
Whereas the population of the United States is increasing by 
nearly 30,000,000 persons every decade; 
Whereas the energy density in one barrel of oil is the equiva-
lent of eight people working full time for one year; 
Whereas affordable supplies of petroleum and natural gas are 
critical to national security and energy prosperity; and 
Whereas the United States has approximately 250 years of 
coal at current consumption rates, but if that consump-
tion rate is increased by 2 percent per year, coal reserves 
are reduced to 75 years: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) in order to keep energy costs affordable, 
curb our environmental impact, and safeguard eco-
nomic prosperity, including our trade deficit, the 
United States must move rapidly to increase the 
productivity with which it uses fossil fuel, and to ac-
celerate the transition to renewable fuels and a sus-
tainable, clean energy economy; and 
(2) the United States, in collaboration with 
other international allies, should establish an energy 
project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of 
urgency of the ‘‘Man on the Moon’’ project to de-
velop a comprehensive plan to address the challenges 
presented by Peak Oil. 
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