Reply #25: another good source is

[crissy71]

a book called "The Party's Over" - i forget the author - it talks about all the different ways your family can prepare like organic farming, wind, solar. Also talks about some communities that are already developing strategies and systems off by themselves.

I first found out about this problem when I went to an event at Riverside Church in NYC that was sponsored by Families For Peaceful Tomorrows last Sept 11, 2003 (the same day that Cheney was there for a memorial service) - Ray McGovern was one of the guys on the panel, also the guy from fromthewilderness.com.

I'm an optimist and I think we can (as Kerry says) "invent our way out of this" - The first (and scariest) step is awareness.