Agreed, its really refreshing seeing a potential transition addressed in a series of positive steps/actions like this.

To me, waiting for the market to fix things is a lazy "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it" way of thinking. The markets react, they don't anticipate. Waiting until the oil crunch forces us to look for alternatives is no good if the alternatives need years to put in place - the preparation work needs to be done now.

Quite a few relatives have dismissed the whole Peak Oil thing because its too depressing to contemplate, something which is exacerbated by the fact that so many websites delight in pointing out all the problems & end by concluding that TEOTW is coming - I'll be trying to get them to read this :)

It'd be really nice to see this article published more widely than on a site that only peakniks are likely to visit...