No. On Portland Peak Oil’s model, Vancouver Peak Oil (VPO) – the citizen’s group – is the generator of events, money, volunteers, outreach sessions, and so on. The Vancouver Peak Oil Executive (VPOE) is a small group of experts in peak-oil related issues (energy, urban planning, agriculture, sustainability, economics, engineering, etc.), and a complementary small group of media professionals who assist VPO in publicizing the ideas and efforts of those experts.

If you look at our TAKE ACTION page, you’ll see that the VPO needs volunteerism and leadership in a variety of areas. We’d love to have you step in as a VPO leader. There’s a great deal to be done in terms of spreading awareness – starting right a the bottom, with the majority of people who have never even HEARD the term “peak oil” – and we need leaders all over the Lower Mainland to start local meetup groups along Portland’s model of a regular weekly drop-in meeting, with speakers, movies, resources and refreshments in a dedicated venue.

So, if you’re up for some or all of that, we need your help. Sign up as a VPO member on this site and on Facebook, support our events, and start a local meetup.

There’ll be much more to do — events, PR, political activism, fund-raising, etc. — as the Vancouver Peak Oil Task Force begins its work in early 2009. Watch this site for more news!