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Is it my imagination or is this site now well past peak?

General interest in peak oil peaked around 2009-10. We're way past peak.

It's a bumpy plateau.

clv101 wrote:General interest in peak oil peaked around 2009-10. We're way past peak.

There's always abiotic interest.

The Oil Drum has been bemoaning the same the last few months.

Their most informed and witty poster has left.

RalphW wrote:The Oil Drum has been bemoaning the same the last few months.

Their most informed and witty poster has left.

You're flattering yourself. : )

I think that this, or something very similar has been asked before.

Peak oil is now generally accepted rather than being an odd theory. There is growing evidence that production has peaked, others hold that it has not yet peaked but that it soon will.
Only a small minority hold the view that oil production will carry on increasing for many years.

A lot of what needs to be said, on this forum or elswhere has already been said.
Years ago, we disscussed the likely consequences of peak oil, with some forecasting civil disorder, or bank failures, or declining real living standards.
This is now happening, banks have failed (and others look a bit dubious), living standards are falling in many countries including the UK.
Civil disorder is now rife in many countries though not yet in the UK. Many rioters overseas profess disastisfaction with governments, but IMHO the real problem is rising food and fuel prices, rather than the regime itself.

We are no longer forecasting peak oil and the consequences thereof, but are watching it happen. More a case now of writing the documentary as it happens, rather than speculating about what might happen.

There is much too be said for preparing for an uncertain, but definatly lower energy future.
But again, a lot of what should be said has already been said.
Grow your own food, already well disscused, and not much point in adding more general disscusion on this important topic, as distinct from specific remarks like "I grew loads of XYZ and it was a total failure, so I am trying ABC insted.

Producing some or all of your own electricity is often recomended, but is already well covered, and perhaps only worth adding specific remarks or enquiries such as " These look cheap, are they any good" or perhaps "I was snowed in for a week, and my new XYZ worked well/did not work"

Stocking up on manufactured goods and food is well covered on these forums. Again not much point in general or vague disscussions, as distinct from say "I want some more food stocks, is this product worth considering "

Yes I joined this forum a little too late after a year or two of lurking and occasional visits.

I only joined the forum only after I bought a house. before that I was in a rental and could make very few practical preparations. Still it has been very useful for advice and such things since then. My preparations for the consequences of peak oil are much better than even two year ago.

One thing yet to peak is world population or even populations in all but a few highly advanced industrial countries with restrictive immigration policies (S Korea, Japan, Russia, possibly Germany come to mind).

PS is a National Treasure. It should get a peerage.

Now it's about managing the transition.

biffvernon wrote:Now it's about managing the transition.

Yes, planning and managing the transition, one should ensure that one is personly prepared, encourage other individuals to prepare, and also encourage and help society to prepare for the transition to a simpler, more localised, lower energy future.

The ability to "re-invent" oneself is a prerequisite for survival. PS is doing that.

It's like finding a really cool band that no one else has heard of, then losing interest when they become mainstream.

A few of us stay loyal and are able to reminisce about the days when....

Since the real-world effects started we've all been a bit too busy to spend hours debating the subject.