The conditions that make Peak Oil acceptance across our nation, and across our globe, difficult are conditions that are even more deeply entrenched in our state.  Probably because of our oil history, our culture prides itself in it's gluttony, even more so than other states.  And, that's not a stereotype.  It's pretty damned true.  Since it's so entrenched, the already difficult work of bringing peak oil to the public consciousness is going to be geometrically more difficult here.  That is precisely why we need it.

I say hoorah for any effort that challanges people in other states to reconsider their attitudes towards us.  We are as equally birkenstocks as we are cowboy hats, and it's just a matter of making ourselves realize it.

As an aside, I'm currently residing in Austin having recently moved from Abilene (West Texas Futures, anyone?), and will probably be living in San Antonio in the coming months.

Cole Wenger