Well our next meetup will be on new possibly post peak year's day. With the news reporting possible rolling blackouts for New England it looks like this may really be the year we all learn to live with a lot less. Bill Basford had a great idea for the meeting: "If we still need a topic for next month's Peak Oil Meeting, how about 'Psychological Barriers to Energy Savings'. I'm convinced that we already have all the technology needed to cut our energy use by about half, without any significant changes to how we live. With bigger changes, like more people living in town and using more public transportation, we could probably cut our total energy use by about 80%, and still live comfortably. But the biggest reason why this is not happening is what I call psychological barriers to energy savings. It's not even a matter of people not having enough information, because it's all readily available for anyone who is willing and able to consider it. The real problem is that most people are either unwilling, or afraid, or just plain psychologically unable to deal with such a large problem. I think it is really just a case of denial on a national scale." I have a dvd we did about what we did to our house to weather the coming storm. We'll see that and talk about the psychological barriers to energy savings. Bring your thoughts! See you at 10:45 on Sunday morning, Jan.1st at the UU Church in Waterville. Go to the meditation room upstairs.