It looks like a word being coined to call those concerned about peak oil and energy depletion is "peaknik." That is very cute but certainly does not do a thing for me. Apparently the term may be a play on sputnik, peacenik, and now peaknik (Ronald Lairchild, 2005). Or, more likely I'd think, according to Wikipedia, the suffix -nik is a term for countercultural, as in beatniks. Either play on the meaning of peaknik is not very useful. One bright spot is that those concerned with peak oil implications have now become numerous enough that media culture seems to have bestowed a name for us.

But far from countercultural, those concerned with peak oil implications enough to join Post Carbon Institute and found local groups by and large appear to be very interested in deepening community bonds, preserving culture, mitigating damage, and finding ways for the world to thrive. We are moving into the culture and becoming agents of change, not pulling away from society and forming our own enclaves.

Have to admit though, "Peaknik" sure reads a lot faster that "those concerned with peak oil and energy depletion implications." Guess a nickname had to emerge at some point.