Great post Dave!  Thank you for posting this information!!

I have never commented on TOD before.  I am an artist (BFA in Sculpture) and I do not have a background in hard science.  I am primaraly here to learn from the knowledgeable folks who do have experience and understanding of the oil industry.  I am delighted to see a post that is discussing relocalization.  It is a very difficult to curb consumption of energey and material resources.  I am a non-driver, have never owned a car or had a drivers license by choice.  It is not easy, but it is posable.  I see relocalization as the best hope for the human race.  Unfortunately I do not think our country will move in that direction until we have no other choice.  Time will tell......

At one time we might have been at that stage, but we changed, and so did the rest of the world. We aren't there anymore.  

 Just a thought, where would you get your copper post peak?  Old wires? Not a bad option really.  But in all seriousness, you have stepped out of the box and not driven, you won't miss what you never had.  You are a step ahead of most of us.

I get my copper wire out of dumpsters. It drives me crazy the things I find in the trash......  I do purchase silver wire for much of my jewelry, most folks do not have the same appreciation of copper that I have so it's harder to sell.....