Arcane.  Industrial. Dull. Invisible. Indispensable.

See (Peakoil.net) articles 374 & 1037,   also, book "ELECTRIC WATER" by Christopher C. Swan.   Compare with "The Long Emergency", James Howard Kunstler.   See "LATOC" and discuss rail branchline rehab.  Learn rail corridor past & present in (spv.co.uk) "US Rail Map Atlas" for your locale.   Engage National Guard Commandant in discussion for recommissioned Railroad Operating & Maintenance Batallions, for rail-savvy human resource pool in Oil Interregnum.    See Robert L. Hirsch "Report to The Congress of The United States" on Mitigation and Management of Peaking Oil."    See books on energy crisis by Richard Heinberg.   Discuss with group new rail line US 50 Corridor Sacramento-Placerville. Lake Tahoe, Carson Valley.    Discuss rail link to Yosemite Valley (El Portal); see Rail Atlas Maps for lines your locale to discuss with local Planning Bureaus, to assure victuals & necessities of life transport in energy crisis.   

Do these things if you are concerned with meaningful steps to maintain economic viability thru the fossils rollover, near & midterm.   Gold & Guns will not maintain operating grocery and hardware stores, the need is for maintaining robust commerce on a local scale, with transport that is simply connected to renewable source electricity.   Are the local and national candidates of your choosing Peaking Oil savvy?   Rail savvy?