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Peak oil enthusiasts might be giving up too soon

Proponents of peak oil should not capitulate too soon, as the days of oil – like those of horses – are numbered, writes Vincent Kaminski

Vincent Kaminski

The closure of The Oil Drum website after eight years – a move announced by the site's administrators in a blog post on July 3 – is a sad moment for anybody with an interest in energy.

Published by the Colorado-based Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, The Oil Drum was a high-quality information aggregation website and discussion forum. It had a limited involvement of trolls and

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