[MonteQuest]

Man, in my worse dreams almost none of the above disappears, it just becomes more expensive.

What I will miss will be the remaining beauty of the unspoiled parts of world that I have yet to see.

The biodiversity of the flora and fauna.

Peakoil will decimate the environment in the struggle to offset the loss. We are seeing it now with biofuels.

[Rogozhin]

I don't plan on missing anything.

My off grid home will support my musical listening, philosophy studies, and photography.

Rogo

[Revi]

I'll miss the mobility of the personal automobile. It's incredible to be able to zoom around. I was standing looking at Mount
Washingon yesterday. There was 4 feet of snow. Later we hung out at my friend's place on a lake, 100 miles away. The day before I was down by the ocean. It's not going to be as easy to get around after peak oil bites. I appreciate it much more now. I am going to miss it.

[JasonHam]

Cruising around all day in my SUV, showing off my rims, guzzling gallon after gallon while I listening to snoop doggy dogg and dr dre.

[Toploader]

Clean(Ish) water on tap and the modern sewage system.

[killJOY]

VACUUM CLEANER

[HEADER_RACK]

AIR CONDITIONING....When heat indexes reach 105 plus I will miss AC .....more than on demand hot water

[Jellric]

I will miss seafood since we presumably won't have radar and thus warning for hurricanes which rules out living near the coast.

I will miss the internet although I will still have my computer.

I will miss getting movies in the mail.

As far as AC I will have an earth sheltered home which will stay in the 70s during summer and muscovy ducks which will kill off 95% of the mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks everyone else will be forced to endure.

Herbs will heal us at least as good as hospitals although traumatic injury poses a problem.

I will welcome the return of community.

[Sheb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('max_power29', 'y')ou kind of backed up what i said though, Modern medical care
especially anaesthetics.

I've also decided recently to go to the liquor store and start stocking up on decent booze with each paycheck for both barter and getting wasted after the crash. I imagine there will be nobody to tell us not to grow marijuana during our short-ass lives either.

[Revi]

I'll miss discussing peak oil like it was an academic exercise. The reality of this is going to suck. It was a lot more fun as a looming threat than it will be as reality.

[Curator]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sheb', '
')I don't know much about antibiotics, but Penicillin was discovered early 20thC, right?

[Chaparral]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Curator', ' ')but the love of my life relies on asthma meds. Post-peak is a horrifying prospect for me for that reason alone.

[Plains]

Safety razors and washing and drying machines.

And miso...

[Chris25]

I will miss-

Cigarettes (more than anything)
Spirits
Sweets/chocolate- no more Mars bars or Cadburys!
My car
Coca Cola
Listening to my favourite music

There are a lot of negatives but IMO PO could bring better points after the initial chaos. Communities would get together, man would be more in contact with the earth through farming, foraging, cooking, hunting etc. Pubs and churches (social centres) would play more in people's live's.

Standard of living drop would be horrendous. But after a while socially people would be better off.

Perhaps people would look back to the bad old days of commuting, traffic fumes, stress and consumerism with bitterness? That is of course they can grow/obtain their own food and live a moderate self sufficient lifestyle.

[What_Went_Wrong]

So many things...

But most of all having the big safety net under me that is state benefits. Up until now, losing a job was no big deal, I'd still get just about enough cash to live comfortability while I looked for work at my leisure.

[topcat]

City water and soft toilet paper!

[Plains]

How about open-mindedness and the ability to talk to people who's minds aren't controlled by culture and religion... That might go for good sooner or later.

[IslandCrow]

Cheap travel so I can afford to visit my children (who are living in another country).

The income from my job so I could afford a lot of things. A loss of job would be like a sudden 1 000% jump in inflation. As inflation here is currently 2,6% I have difficulty sensing what it would be like, even having lived through time when inflation was up to 20%.

I will probably have lots of regrets about "why didn't I buy that while things were good and I had a job?" or "why didn't I visit so-and-so while travel was cheap?", and even "why did I waste money on that?".

[killJOY]

I don't know what I'll do without Alka-Seltzer and Gold Bond body powder...

[What_Went_Wrong]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plains', 'H')ow about open-mindedness and the ability to talk to people who's minds aren't controlled by culture and religion... That might go for good sooner or later.