Energy security, Futurist gaming, Geothermal energy, and more

• Government Technology reports that the Public Technology Institute has a new guide for local governments, "Local Government Energy Assurance Guidelines," which helps officials prepare "an energy assurance plan and offers a model tool to help officials assess their readiness in case of an energy emergency in their community."
  
  
• As blogged about on August 27th, the Institute for the Future now has a massively multiplayer forecasting game, Superstruct, where players will help play out various future scenarios. For more, see the cnet article or the article in Discover.
  
  
• The New York Times reports that "Under Strain, Cities Are Cutting Back Projects" because of the impact the financial crisis on Wall Street is having on the bond market. See also today's Business Week article on this topic.



• The U.S. Geological Survey just released its assessment of the U.S. geothermal energy possibilities in its fact sheet, "Assessment of Moderate- and High-Temperature Geothermal Resources of the United States."
  
  
• Sarah at LibrarianInBlack.net points to a new open access source for public documents (government reports, codes, etc.) called Public.Resource.Org.
  
  
• ReadWriteWeb posted earlier this month on "Five Ways to Use Social Media to Reach People Who Don't Use Social Media."
  
  
• MIT's Technology Review discusses a newly developed software application that could help emergency managers plan for evacuations, shelters, and more.
  
  
• And for today's humor, here's The Internet Overdose song on YouTube.