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Nate Hagens on December 28, 2007 - 12:11pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Serious question: how many other excellent posts are buried in the archives?

2.5 years
5-10 posts per week
250-500 per year
around 1000 posts including many hundred drumbeats.

if 'excellent' is 2 standard deviations, that would mean 50 would be 'excellent'. But since this site is exceptional, there are probably over 100....;) Almost all are worth reading -and even as an editor Ive probably not read more than 30-40% of the posts. How to best do this is an open question.

Energy is linked to everything. We are discussing very important issues here - its difficult to 'summarize' and package the weft and warp of the Peak Oil loom, so we periodically run older posts that have fallen down the rabbit hole. Since I'm manning the queue today, I posted this one, which I think is of particular quality, written by someone I know and respect. But there are many others that deserve reposts.

Energy is a big fire hose - our mouths are only so big....;)

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aangel on December 28, 2007 - 2:00pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

True, true, but I'm going to give it a go anyway :-).

Can I get other favorites of yours?

Here are a few of mine, plus a bit of digging:

Coal
COAL - The Roundup, July 12, 2007
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2726

Peak Oil Theory
"Does the Peak Oil "Myth" Just Fall Down? -- Our Response to CERA", Feb 4, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/11/15/83857/186

Net Oil Exports and the "Iron Triangle", Jul 13, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2767

World Oil Exports: A Comprehensive Projection, Oct 10, 2006
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/10/5/215316/408

Update on Megaproject Megaproject, Dec 10, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3347

How to Address Contrarian Arguments - Part I, Nov 23, 2006
http://europe.theoildrum.com/story/2006/11/20/91748/298

How to address Contrarian Arguments - Part II, Dec 24, 2006
http://europe.theoildrum.com/story/2006/12/13/44528/872

Hubbert Linearization Analysis of the Top Three Net Oil Exporters, Jan 27, 2006
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/1/27/14471/5832

Using Hubbert Method on EIA Data - The Tiger Chasing its Tail, Jun 13, 2006
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/6/7/235952/0498

Peak Oil Predictions
When Will Russia (and the World) Decline?, Nov 5, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3139

Energy Overview
On Energy Transitions Past and Future
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2856 (Aug 8, 2007)
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3442 (Dec 28, 2007)

Energy Grades and Historic Economic Growth, Aug 24, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2913

World Energy to 2050: A Half Century of Decline, Nov 10, 2007
http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/3222

"Energy Resources and Our Future" - Speech by Hyman Rickover in 1957, Jun 30, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2724

That cubic mile, Feb 28, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2320

The World according to Gave, Sep 28, 2006
http://europe.theoildrum.com/story/2006/9/26/83859/4656

International Energy Agency
Fatih Birol Presents the IEA World Energy Outlook 2007, Dec 7, 2007
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/3336

Population, Agriculture and Food Supply
Does Less Energy Mean More Farmers?, Dec 21, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3415

World Energy to 2050: A Half Century of Decline, Nov 10, 2007
http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/3222

Peak Oil, Carrying Capacity and Overshoot: Population, the Elephant in the Room, May 7, 2007
http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/2516

Revisiting the Olduvai Theory, Mar 6, 2006
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/3/6/135437/7111

Electricity and the Grid
US Electricity Supply Vulnerabilities, Dec 6, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3316

Failure of Networked Systems, Dec 14, 2007
http://anz.theoildrum.com/node/3377

Natural Gas
LNG To The Rescue?, Nov 27, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/11/12/131115/83

Canadian Gas - Decline Sets in, Oct 19, 2007
http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/3095

Nuclear
Is Nuclear Power a Viable Option for Our Energy Needs?, Mar 1, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2323

Will Nuclear Fusion Fill the Gap Left by Peak Oil?
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2806 (Jul 24, 2007)
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2164 (Jan 11, 2007)

Nuclear Power for the Oilsands, May 26, 2007
http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/2572

How Uranium Depletion Affects the Economics of Nuclear Power, Apr 18, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2472

Oil Sands
Nuclear Power for the Oilsands, May 26, 2007
http://canada.theoildrum.com/node/2572

CERA
$100 Oil, Nov 20, 2007
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3271

Dialoguing with Dr. Peter Jackson of CERA: Is the Future of Oil Resources Secure?, Mar 3, 2007
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2283

The forecasting record of CERA and other commentators, Dec 12, 2006
http://europe.theoildrum.com/story/2006/11/25/125137/18

Transportation
Aviation and Oil Depletion
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2858 (Aug 9, 2007)
http://europe.theoildrum.com/story/2006/12/11/45514/799 (Dec 19, 2006)

Electrified Rail: An Overlooked Mitigation Strategy for Peak Oil, Oct 20, 2006
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/10/15/174452/43

Preparedness
More Sustainlane: U.S. Cities' Preparedness for an Oil Crisis, Apr 3, 2006
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/4/4/11624/42032

Lessons from Brazil, May 1, 2006
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/5/31/175512/149

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AlanfromBigEasy on December 29, 2007 - 8:09am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

You included one of my articles, Electrified Rail: An Overlooked Mitigation Strategy for Peak Oil

Another one of my favorites is USA 2034, a Look Back at the 25th Anniversary Year

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3140#comments

Best Hopes,

Alan

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aangel on December 29, 2007 - 12:14pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Thanks, Alan. I added that one to the index.

It's shaping up quite nicely, I think. It's too big now to keep posting here but check it out on my blog:

http://www.inspiringgreenleadership.com/blog/aangel/oil-drum-best-index

Andre'
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The Six-Month Carbon Diet for Business
www.inspiringgreenleadership.com/six-month-carbon-diet-business

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Engineer-Poet on December 30, 2007 - 7:54am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I think it's strange that the one piece of mine you included is the one I would consider the least important, but de gustibus non disputandum est!

I'd nominate this one instead:
http://www.theoildrum.com/story/2006/11/27/0432/3533

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aangel on December 30, 2007 - 1:10pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Hi, Engineer-Poet.

Well, in the interest of time, it seems that my Best Of Index is turning more into just an Index because I'm not stopping to read each article closely (yet).

But thank you for this other link...truly a quality piece!

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