Dave, thank you very much for this article.  I often get frustrated with the extreme US-centric mindset of many participants in TOD.  Thanks for the reminder that the US is just 5% of a larger world.
Hey Micro, good point, but how about starting a site about Peak Oil in New Zealand that's this good? Then people will troop on over there and talk about Peak Oil outside the US, maybe with a New Zealand-centric slant....