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Show HERALD DAILY A16 Sunday, May 25, 2008 Energy fears looming, new survivalists prepare Some are doing it quietly, giving few details of their afraid that preparations revealing such information as the location of their supplies will endanger themselves and their loved ones. They envision a future in which the nation's cities will be filled with hungry, desperate refugees forced to go looking for food, shelter and water. "There's going to be things that happen when people can't get things that they need for themselves and their families," who believes said Lynn-Maricities could see a rise in violence as early as 2012. Lynn-Mari- e asked to be identified by her first name to protect her homestead in rural western Idaho. Many of these survivalists declined to speak to The Associated Press for similar reasons. These survivalists believe in "peak oil," the idea that world oil production is set to hit a Samantha Gross Weak. Alone. Just terrible." Convinced the planet's oil supply is dwindling and the A few world's economies are headBUSKIRK, N.Y. ing for a crash, some people years ago, Kathleen Breault was just another suburban around the country are movgrandma, driving countless . ing onto homesteads, learning hours every week, stopping to live off their land, conservfor lunch at McDonald's, buy- ing fuel and, in some cases, ing clothes at the mall, watchstocking up on guns they expect to use to defend theming TV in the evenings. That was before Breault selves and their supplies from heard an author talk about the desperate crowds of people bleak future of the world's oil who didn't prepare. The exact number of people supply. Now, she's preparing for the world as we know it to taking such steps is impossible to determine, but anecdotal disappear. Breault cut her driving time evidence suggests that the movement has been gaining in half. She switched to a diet momentum in the last few of locally grown foods near her upstate New York home years. These energy survivalists and lost 70 pounds. She sliced are not leading some sort of up her credit cards, banished her television and swore off green revolution meant to save the planet. Many of them plane travel. She began relybelieve it is too late for that, stove. ing on a "I was the seeing signs in soaring fuel recalled, her voice and food prices and a faltering U.S. economy, and are largely shaking. "Devastated. Defocused on saving themselves. pressed. Afraid. Vulnerable. ASSOCIATED wood-burnin- PRESS WRITER e, g panic-stricken,- " :4 4 fe I fi '"'1 - lb A' '1 i i! ! high point and then decline. Scientists who support idea say the amount of oil produced in the world each year has already or will soon begin a downward slide, even amid increased demand. But many uty sheriff for his county, as well as an emergency medical technician. "I decided there was nothing like getting the training myself to deal with insurrections, if that's a possibility," said the former executive recruiter. Laskowski is taking steps similar to environmentalists: conserving fuel, consuming less, studying global wanning, and relying on local produce and craftsmen. Laskowski is powering his home with solar panels and is raising fish, geese, ducks and sheep. He has planted apple and pear trees and is growing lettuce, spinach and corn. Whenever possible, he uses his bicycle to get into town. "I remember the oil crisis in 73; I remember waiting in line for gas," Lasjtowski said. "If there is a disruption in the oil supply it will be very quickly elevated into a disaster." Breault said she hopes to someday band together with her neighbors to form a community. Women wiH always be having babies, she notes, and she imagines her skills as a midwife will always be in demand. For now, she is readying for the more immediate work ahead: There's a root cellar to dig. fruit trees and vegetable plots to plant. She has put a bicycle on and soon she'll be able to bike to visit her grandkids even if there is no oil at the pump. come. Determined to guard them- selves from potentially harsh e times ahead, and her husband have already planted an orchard of about 40 scientists say such a scenario trees and built a greenhouse on their 7 acres. They have will be avoided as other sourcbuilt their own irrigation syses of energy come in to fill tem. They've begun to raise the void. On the PeakOil.com Web chickens and pigs, and they've learned to slaughter them. site, where upward of 800 The couple have gotten rid people gathered on recent evenings, believers engage in of their TV and instead have been reading dusty old books a debate about what kind of world awaits. published in their grandpar- ents' era, books that explain ; Some members argue there will be no financial crash, but the simpler lifestyle they are e a slow slide into harder times. trying to revive. Some believe the federal govhas been teaching herself how to make soap. Her husband, ernment will respond to the loss of energy security with Concerned about one day bea clampdown on personal ing unable to get medications, freedoms. Others simply don't has been training to become trust that the government can an herbalist. maintain basic services in the By 2012, they expect to face of an energy crisis. power their property with The powers that be, they've solar panels, and produce their own meat, milk and vegdetermined, will be largely etables. When things start to fall apart, they expect their children and grandchildren will come back home and help them work the land. She envisions a day when the family may have to decide whether to turn needy people away from their door. "People will be unprepared," she said. "And we can imagine marauding hordes." So can Peter Laskowski. Living in a woodsy area outside of Montpelier, Vt., the retiree has become the local constable and a dep Lynn-Mari- Lynn-Mari- nt lay-awa- I-- i t Mature drivers, it's our policy to save you money. 1. '51: powerless to stop what is to t, ien you insure your car with us, through Insurance Company, we'll save you money! 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