I was thinking of writing something in connection to the five stages of grief, but I then came across this, which was written to correct common misconceptions: The Five Stages of (Reaction Upon) Receiving Catastrophic News. The "five stages of grief" has been popular with peak oil popularizers--see, for example, Matt Simmons and the Five Psychological Stage of Grief (archived at EB).

Sadness and sloth result from peak oil awareness need to be fit into such a model? Or is it just a normal human reaction? And more importantly, what can I do to ameliorate it?