I immediately went into full doom and gloom mode and started trying to tell everybody we knew about it.

The reactions have ranged from belief with amazement to derision and anger.

It is a very difficult topic to approach and now I tend to be cautious about sharing it.

My opinion now is that I have told my immediate circle of family and friends and if they don't believe then that's up to them. I've done my bit, as it were. If they chose to ignore it, then that's their choice.  But I do keep sending my immediate family little snippets of news via email (like last week's news of the Burgan field).  I put "Peak Oil News" in the subject line so that they can delete it if they want to.

I put together a powerpoint presentation a couple of months ago that I presented at work one lunchtime.  The few people that turned up were very sceptical, but a couple were genuinely interested.  I also did the presentation one night in the school hall, but only three people turned up who were all sympathetic to the subject, so it was easy for me.  If anyone would like a copy of my slides, I'd gladly email them to you.  Send a request to duncan (at) clear dot net dot nz.

Obviously there's a reason for your question.  Have you had great success telling people you know?