QuoteIt wasn't until Peak Oil as a concept became a subject of bloggers and on forums after the turn of the millenium there was an emergence of people who gained enough attention to become "Personalities" associated with Collapse. Our old friends (sic) like Orlov, Greer and Kunstler wrote their books and LATOC and Peak Oil forums popped up. Then we had the collapse of Lehman and the Financial Crisis which is when economists like yours truly jumped on the bandwagon. I would put Peak Personalities coming sometime between 2008 and 2016, after which time things began to taper off.
And that is a good thing. Our old friends (sic) were not so pure at heart. Their interest was mercenary and as long as collapse was a bean feed for them they were around. When that stopped they were gone.
Evidence for my claim. All three are still alive and pursuing other lucrative adventures. Greer is Mr. Magic. Kunstler works for the deep state deliberately attracting nutjobs to his site for listing. Orlov still pumps his true believers for cash I imagine, but I don't know since I won't read him.
I stopped reading him when he wrote to me "that we would never meet and he does not have to be nice to me.
Let them circle jerk each other.