The steadily rising price of oil is a primary mover of these types of articles. If the prices were to go down into the $30-40 range, I would suspect articles like this would not be written or published as often. Let's hope the steady (Oil) Drum beat continues and this starts to penetrate the mass conciousness.

The main thing that this community can provide is knowledge, data, insight, thoughtful and positive ways of coping with PO. I have started a list of what I think the PO community is for (rather than just against SUVs and Suburbia) on my blog. I would love to hear some others.

http://peakoilnyc.blogspot.com/2005/08/from-peak-oilers-to-citizens-for.html

Insist on complete transparancy of the world's oil reserves and production on a well by well basis.
Make national energy independence a national economic and security goal
Create an energy efficiency ethic in society that abhors wasteful behaviors
Raise fuel economy standards for passenger cars and trucks - encourage adoption of hybrids, electric plug-ins and other more sustainable automobile designs
Re-institute the 55 mpg speed limit for maximum efficiency
Decrease traffic through better design, congestion pricing, more telecommuting, staggered start hours, off-peak commuting incentives carpooling, etc.
Invest in building and maintaining mass transit systems to connect as many communities as possible.
Invest in the national passenger and freight rail infrastructure
Revise building codes for maxiumum energy efficiency
Encourage walking, biking, line skating and all forms of self propelled transportation through clearly marked lanes and public awareness campaigns.
Encourage local food production, urban green gardens, farmer markets.
Generate as much local power as possible from solar, wind, biomass, hydro/tidal and other sustainable forms of energy