In the winter snow drifts, the fat and wooly will survive.
Peak oil is a reality the US economy must eventually face, the concept of which almost "dissapeared":
http://globalpublicmedia.com/articles/441
"Yet, half a year after its release, the Hirsch report is nowhere to be found. For several months it was archived, in PDF format, on a high school web site (hilltoplancers.org, Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, Calif.). On July 7 the report disappeared from that site. The Atlantic Council (acus.org) is considering publishing the Hirsch report; however there is no projected date of release. "