Sorry about the slowness.
We have upgraded the site 4-5 times in the last 4 years to accommodate the traffic... the recent CNN exposure has really perked up the numbers & of course the gas price at the pumps as well.
And I'm an Independent Technology Consultant who makes plenty of money & loves his work.
This issue transcends mere money... so this we do for free.
And we have not accepted donations in a couple years, (although on occasion a like-minded member will send a check to pitch in unsolicited | Thanks!).
Hosting itself isn't too expensive... it's the tech work required which costs the big bucks, and we do that ourselves.
This formula allows us to host a completely unbiased web forum, free of financial interest.
And I think it works.
Bullshit just doesn't last long around here.
Being an Internet guy, I have tried all the major energy forums. But this place has taught me more than all the other "bitch-session" forums combined.
Sincere thanks to all of you for making that happen.
Depletion probably does mean some pretty terrible things... but it won't be because we didn't try.
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
Hazel Henderson