It's balance. It's a contrarian view. It's proof that The Oil Drum is *not* just a bunch of crackpots predicting the end of civilization, but rather a bunch of crackpots predicting the end of civilization... based on a real debate, sound science, rigorous analysis, and paranoid pragmatism. ;=)

We're not crackpots. They just say we are, and spend lots of money to hire lots of people to publish articles and come to this website and attempt to debunk what is said here. I believe the article about the forming uranium cartel is a clue as to why they are buying time. They need time to consolidate their control of the next major source of energy. I'm sure they are similarly working to control coal if they don't already. Even though the world may be going to hell in a handbasket, this is still about power not energy.