Wow...you would never guess Peak Oil is a problem for the rest of the world too. So let's get this straight... possibly the premier and certainly most informative Peak Oil website is read by people who want to alert others to the problem and then what? Carry on as normal? And the moralizing? As if everyone doesn't do this everyday? As if voicing an opinion against the behaviour criticized here day after day is suddenly a crime? Have you all just let your guard drop?
I know a few of us here talk about our lifestyle changes, but this thread did start off more "hat" than "cattle" if you know what I mean.

Actually thinking about it now, I'm kind of surprised that (a) I am one of those with the changed lifestyle, and (b) I am one of those pessimistic about society as a whole responding to any message other than "price."

I think I've seen discussions here about how the word has to be gotten out.  Why?  So everybody can party?

I think I'll continue with gentle suggestions that we can find happy, energy efficient, and environmentally friendly lifestyles ... but we can treat this thread as a test tube.  We see that "peak oil awareness" does not necessarily reduce oil consumption.