[Rod_Cloutier]

Just a thought, that although peak oil and its consequences will affect everybody, surely some will fare better than others.

Anyone owning farm land who can be self- sufficient in food production, at least, will fare better than urban apartment dwellers. Older people who own signifigant property holdings such as land, businesses, and personal possessions; will be better off than young people just starting out who have nothing to fall back on. First world countries, in stable democratic industrialized countries will likely fare better than third world dictatorships.

Althought most of the above is obvious, there could be signifigant adjustment problems once we start down the back side of the decline curve.

Such as youth uprisings. I would predict these will be far worse than anything experienced in the 1960's, as young, strong and ambitious youths find that they are denied the living standards of their parents and grandparents. This could flare to dangerous proportions once they have young kids to feed.

What of elderly people, who can no longer work who live on public or private pensions in urban centers, how will they cope? What will the elderly do in a currency collapse, or a food crisis situation? What of the millions of baby boomers, who skimped and saved for a utopian 'freedom 55' retirement, only to lose everything just before they arrive. Can you imagine the public anger brewing in the background?

How do you think society will adapt to rapid resource depletion problems?