Quote from: RE on Jan 10, 2026, 06:41 PMPersonally, I think our low readership numbers have little to do with politics and much more to do with the fact Forums have gone out of style, in favor of the short attention span text of Social Media and no text at all video.
Could be.But you got into video quite substantially there for awhile, luring in Gail and Ugo and like minded folks. Didn't seem to increase readership or participation much, and ultimately led to where we are now.
Quote from: REWe're also more difficult to find nowadays as Google's search engine prioritizes for pay websites that pay a fee for placement. In fact the whole newz oriented web has become almost entirely subscription paywall, most of the time I see only headlines and what I can read briefly before the link flips to a subscription sign up offer.
That has been quite a web disappointment for me as well. I've signed up for some free ones with a throwaway email.
Quote from: REAnyhow, regardless of readership numbers or interest, the Diner mission remains the same, which is to track and record the progress of the collapse of industrial civilization.
As opposed to personal political preferences and whatnot? Because there hasn't been any more collapsing from various peak oils claimed or occurred than a bunch of dumbass political horseshit. Politicians still being politicians, little guys still get screwed, the oligarches continuing to do what they do. Which certainly can screw over Americans, but hey haven't collapsed yet.
Quote from: REThe fact is that collapse has now moved into a heavily politically driven phase as the world realigns itself to operate in the new reality of resource scarcity and the consequential resource wars.
The same one's Matt claimed were going to happen with all the other peak oils that didn't happen? Or do we now take peak oil-like ideas and apply it to critical minerals and whatnot?
Quote from: REIf you wanna discuss Peak Oil, I suggest finding another website concerned with that.They all died off. Some disappeared entirely....some are just as empty as this place. It isn't even mentioned in the governmental or scientific world much anymore, except for a few folks who managed to discredit themselves going back to the turn of the century and keep throwing out a publication without having learned much,
Quote from: REHere now, the rampant spread of fascist imperialism is the topic of greatest concern. Peak Oil is yesterday's newz.
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Indeed. World peak looks to have been 8 years back now according to EIA data, but idiot politicians are all the rage. They are hard to ignore. How about pollution and global warming and melting glaciers? Didn't K-Dog keep the CO2 levels posted on the main page?
Is it possible that the reason why there is no one around is because us "no longer spring chickens" set aren't going to be around for all the cool collapses and todays idiot politicians are just the best we might be alive to watch play out?