How do we as New Yorkers respond to economic crisis, peak oil, and climate change? These have been the central questions of this Meetup since its formation back in 2004.  T he group held monthly meetings at a now-closed restaurant in Chelsea.  Some of its members organized an epic but poorly attended NYC peak oil conference back in 2006.  After experimenting with format changes, aiming to shift the focus of the Meetup from talk to action, Bill Burke and I decided to end monthly meetings …