This segment from New Zealand’s 60 Minutes about locals weaning themselves off of oil and preparing for the collapse of industrial civilization is refreshingly devoid of the sneers and snarky comments a similar piece would be encapsulated with in North America. The commentator even says, “if the worst comes to the worst, these people would be prepared”.

On the reality of peak oil, as one interviewee said: once you believe there is no longer a Santa Claus, it is hard to go back.

New Zealand probably is one of the better places to try to restart human civilization if there is a wide-scale rapid deflation in global complexity. Best of luck to ‘em!