[PenultimateManStanding]

The situation is very serious, scary even. But plenty of people dig into the peak oil problem until they become obsessed with it. But what, really, is there to say? I wonder all the time, and have said so, about the role of humor in this.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')rovide a service to your readers. Over the long haul, interesting news and helpful information will bring you readers, whereas a steady diet of opinions and jokes may not.

[pilferage]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')he situation is very serious, scary even.

[bart]

Well, peakoil.com does have great content, which is why I keep coming back.

After a while one gets tired of the jokes, and one has heard the all opinions. I get tired of opinions -- even if I agree with them -- even if they are MY opinions.

That's the problem with a website that is devoted only to opinon: it's predictable. One needs news, facts and analysis to liven things up.

[PenultimateManStanding]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bart', 'W')ell, peakoil.com does have great content, which is why I keep coming back.

After a while one gets tired of the jokes, and one has heard the all opinions. I get tired of opinions -- even if I agree with them -- even if they are MY opinions.

That's the problem with a website that is devoted only to opinon: it's predictable. One needs news, facts and analysis to liven things up.

[bart]

Hello PMS,

No, I'm not the lively one. I'm the stodgey old guy! You're right though, we share an interest in literature and The Inheritors.

About politics, I'm interested in almost any point of view and skeptical of them all. That's my training as a journalist. As you say, peak oil is interesting because it throws out all our preconceptions about politics.

I don't think politics will disappear, only that our old categories won't make much sense anymore.

At the same time, this is an exciting time to be alive because so many ideas are becoming relevant:

Deep ecology, traditional values, Marxist political analysis, thermodynamics, the economics of agriculture, self-sufficiency. Perhaps a growing role for the military and a resurgence of religion.

There's so much to learn -- why waste time repeating the same old opinions?

[BabyPeanut]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')he situation is very serious, scary even. But plenty of people dig into the peak oil problem until they become obsessed with it. But what, really, is there to say? I wonder all the time, and have said so, about the role of humor in this.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'P')rovide a service to your readers. Over the long haul, interesting news and helpful information will bring you readers, whereas a steady diet of opinions and jokes may not.

[bart]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BabyPeanut', 'T')he reason PeakOil.com has a steady diet of opinions and jokes is that the forums are highly interactive. Energybulletin.net is read-only to most of the world.