That seems to be almost certain now. I'll admit I'd followed the debate fairly closely for a while and was convinced by the arguments that an oil supply crunch

That seems to be almost certain now. I'll admit I'd followed the debate fairly closely for a while and was convinced by the arguments that an oil supply crunch was going to have a fairly dramatic effect on civilisation as we knew it. It may still happen, but it seems a fairly minor risk compared to many of the others. But I never really considered prepping - if some sort of dramatic collapse does occur I'd rather just ride it out as best as I can with family and friends and local communities going through the same thing. I don't expect it to be at all pretty but nor do I think it'll be all bad.