Конец The Oil Drum

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July 3, 2013
A few weeks ago the ISEOF board (The Institute for Energy and Our Future that facilitates The Oil Drum), Euan, Super G, JoulesBurn, and Myself, met to discuss the future of The Oil Drum. A discussion we have had several times in the last year, due to scarcity of new content caused by a dwindling number of contributors. Despite our best efforts to fill this gap we have not been able to significantly improve the flow of high quality articles.

Because of this and the high expense of running the site, the board has unanimously decided that the best course of action is to convert the site to a static archive of previously published material as of 31st July 2013. We will continue to post articles up to this date. Afterwards any articles will be held as a public archive into the foreseeable future, so that others can continue to learn from the breadth and depth of knowledge published by our many authors, over the 8+ history of this remarkable volunteer effort.

We sincerely thank everyone who has been part of the TOD community - authors, staff and especially commenter's and readers - for contributing to the success of the site. It is unusual for a site which is based primarily on volunteer effort to continue this long.
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/10059

The Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future (ISEOF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that conducts research and educates the public about energy issues and their impact on society. As part of this mission, ISEOF publishes The Oil Drum, an on-line periodical devoted to discussions about energy and our future.
http://www.iseof.org/

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Есть, конечно, http://crudeoilpeak.info, но на http://www.theoildrum.com охват тем был больше.
8 лет - это очень много для тематического сайта.
Но если 8 лет находились деньги, то неожиданное закрытие выглядит весьма неожиданно и необоснованно.
Сайт обещают перевести в режим архива, но вероятность его полного исчезновения более 50%.

Неподцензурные, неконвенциальные и неофициальные сведения в свободном доступе, сконцентрированные на одном сайте весьма опасны для истеблишмента.