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Nate Hagens is at The Monkey Trap JoulesBurn (Brian Maschhoff) is at Picojoule Euan Mearns is at Energy Matters Heading Out (Dave Summers) is at Bit Tooth Energy Rune Likvern is at Fractional Flow Gail the Actuary (Gail Tverberg)...

Nate Hagens is at TheMonkeyTrap JoulesBurn (Brian Maschhoff) is at Picojoule Euan Mearns is at Energy Matters Heading Out (Dave Summers) is at Bit Tooth Energy Rune Likvern is at Fractional Flow Gail Tverberg is at OurFiniteWorld Chris...

Nate Hagens is at TheMonkeyTrap JoulesBurn (Brian Maschhoff) is at Picojoule Euan Mearns is at Energy Matters Heading Out (Dave Summers) is at Bit Tooth Energy Rune Likvern is at Fractional Flow Gail Tverberg is at OurFiniteWorld Chris...

The Oil Drum (TOD) was an internet energy phenomenon that ran for over eight years from April 2005 to September 2013. The site was founded by Prof. Goose (also known as Professor Kyle Saunders of Colorado State University)...

It's September and we have 4-6 more 'final' posts in the queue (Joules, Jerome, Jason, Murphy, Euan, myself...) and will run them every 2 days until finished. Leanan will post a final Drumbeat ~ Wednesday where people can...

Corcaigh, 2007, one of largest TheOilDrum staff gatherings in Europe. Left to right: Luís, Euan, Paul (deceased in 2012), Dave (HO), Chris, Nate and Rembrandt. Dear Reader, When in June of 2005 I bumped upon this stimulating...

During the past seven years, TheOilDrum.com has hosted analysis and discussion surrounding the possibility and implications of a near term peak in global oil production and importance of energy to society in general. Out...

On Monday, the The Oil Drum website suffered a crash that damaged the database table that holds information about the site's users. As a result, some users are not able to log in and their comments are not appearing. This...

Last night at around 9p EDT, I upgraded the TOD software. Since then, I have received reports from several users who say they can no longer log in to the site. As of today at 6:30a EDT, I made a change which I hope will fix...

We invite anyone with the skills and interest to contribute to the body of knowledge posted here. Though 'Peak Oil' isn't acknowledged per se, there is increasing acceptance in the mainstream that the era of cheap energy...

During the past 6 years, TheOilDrum.com has hosted analysis and discussion surrounding the possibility and implications of a near term peak in global oil production and importance of energy to society in general. Out of the...

(Leanan has the day off - but will be back with her regular Saturday Drumbeat.)

The end of cheap oil poses the great challenge of diminishing dependence on oil in the economy. Topics of importance include coping with effects of high oil prices on the economy and investment, regional transport planning...

The regional TOD sites were recently folded into the main site. (Of course, all old content is archived here.) The folks running TOD:Australia/New Zealand wished to continue writing region-specific content, so they've set...

During the past 5 years we have had a continuing stream of energy-related content on these pages (Super G tells me 6,366 individual pieces). In the busiest of times, with a staff of over 20 volunteers, we were posting two...