A very healthy sentiment.  I believe there are many troubles ahead, and most of them related.  I tend to think people underestimate the scope of the problem by looking only at production figures, because I think the "noise" and losses will increase, and make it harder for us to realize the amount of energy that we could theoretically be producing.  But this is just my hunch, and I have no data to back it up.  

The big question is the timing, and I know I don't have the answers.  I know I could be quite mistaken in the assumptions I have arrived at, regardless of how convinced I am.  The specter of the Y2K doomsayers I laughed at always hovers over my head!  All I can do is try to stay educated and be ready and willing to change direction.  The internet may provide too much positive feedback, but then the "news" provides none.  So we're left to search out the truth as best we can.  I find that overall, this is the best way, as it forces us to make decisions on our own, while the alternative is blind acceptance of the propaganda.  Reading the arguments from the opposing side of the argument is valuable - but it can be hard to wade through to find ones of value.  

So a proposal - TOD should post links to articles/discussions of opposing/contrary opinion, but limited to well reasoned and rational ones.  It could be a section like the "Peak Oil Primers", or a defined part of the "Blogroll".  This would reinforce the reality of TOD as I see it, which is that it is a balanced discussion of people trying to learn and understand, not mindless ideological preaching.