How to Survive Post Peak Oil

Can you survive post peak oil? Only if you are well prepared, creative and able to adapt to a different way of life. If you still need to be convinced to prepare for peak oil, you have some reading to do and some DVDs to watch. Pull up a chair and get started. Here's how to prepare for a peak oil world and learn how to survive post peak oil.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Peak Oil books Research about how to survive post peak oil by learning what peak oil is and how it will likely affect life as we know it. See the Resources section, below, for links to books and DVDs about Peak Oil. This article is simply an introduction; there is a wealth of information and resources available on the topic.
2. Make a plan to survive post peak oil based on your research and your own current situation. If you live on several acres of land within a short distance to a town or community, you may be able to produce much of your own food and necessities during an oil shortage. However, if you live in a suburban setting, or in an apartment complex, you may need to make drastic changes.
3. Begin to prepare, as quickly as possible, to survive the peak oil times. Your family should work toward a more sustainable way of life and away form rampant consumerism. Have a family meeting to get all household members on board with preparations for peak oil.
4. Decide on transportation fallback options in the case of prohibitively expensive fuel. How will you get to work? to grocery stores? Begin to work on these problems now, while there are still solutions. You may decide to move to a more sustainable location, work from home, or buy horses for local travel.
5. Learn how to produce and store your own food in case of food shortages. Stockpile a few months' worth of dry goods for your family; including grains, beans, salt and honey. You will be better able to survive post peak oil if you can prepare foods from the basics: dried beans, rice, grains, etc.
6. Find a way to store water or to access your well without electricity (such as a hand pump). Having adequate water is crucial to surviving any emergency, long or short.

Tips & Warnings

• Surround yourself with a good community. Get to know your neighbors; community will be essential during a peak oil crisis.
• Pack emergency kits and grab-and-go bags for your family.
• Read the books and watch the DVDs reccomended under Resources, below, for a more thorough discussion of the peak oil theory.
• Learn basic emergency preparedness skills to help in any crisis.