I agree that "just mentioning people like Ruppert" doesn't do TOD or peak oil a diservice. But when 30% of the thread is rants on the US government blowing up the World Trade Center, you have wandered deep into lunacy and are clearly undermining efforts to make peak oil mainstream. I believe in peak oil and  love TOD, but reading that comment stream really makes me doubt the motives and judgement of a huge segment of the movement. It is going to send others running and they will never come back.