Collective intelligence used in alternate reality games...

[writerguy]

The "game" has now been running for some time now.

Is anyone following it in detail?

They are many great contributions - the short term effects of a supply crisis are covered particularly well.

The game is only designed to cover the first 30 weeks of Peak Oil crisis time ... but "Peak Oil Is Forever" ...

I suppose it's easier to imagine being without car fuel for a few weeks than it is to think of a world which is running on 50% of its original oil supplies, and which has had no excess energy or resources for several years.

Perhaps we need a similar "game" which covers the longer term effects of descending the Peak Oil slope?

That would be a fascinating experiment. WorldWithoutOil.org only runs until June 1, essentially because that's when it runs out of money. If a sponsor offered a bigger budget, we could have a longer game.