I have been concerned about peak oil for quite some time, and have been thinking about survival strategies for a worse case scenario: societal and government meltdown. Let me first state that I am not a camo clad survivalist who has watched "Escape from New York" too many times, nor do I own any weapons other than a rather geekish collection of kitchen cutlery (I do love to cook). Nor am I a dreadlocked asocial personality who wants to escape to the woods and smoke dope while society implodes. However I AM a student of human nature and history and believe that the worst ramifications of peak oil do not bode well for a modernized and entitled society such as ours. The vast majority of us feel deeply that we DESERVE the level of consumption and comfort that we maintain, and I fear the consequences of the combination of a huge scale back and essentially primate behavior...witness Rwanda.