| 08 June 2010

Brendan Smialowski for the New York Times Peak Oil is not news to TreeHugger readers, but in the New York Times, John Leland talks to people who are preparing for food shortages, a collapse of the economy, a breakdown of civil order that many think is inevitable. He writes that "In bleak times, there is a boom in doom." He puts the "doomers"..."somewhere between the environmental movement and the bunkered survivalists" and describes how they are packing away food, gold silver and no doubt guns and ammo for the inevitable collapse that will follow quic... Read the full story on TreeHugger