I am doubting that we will have much content over the weekend and Monday, so instead I'll paste the top 50 posts for the year (by number of comments, which is a completely unfair way to proclaim a top 50, I'll grant you, especially for some of HO, Dave C, and Khebab's technical posts, which leave people more awestruck than conversational) under the fold ( thanks again to stiffpicken, whose blog can be found here . ) I'll also point you to the thread below which has folks' suggestions for what posts they thought had the most impact on them, which can be found here .

Please have fun and be safe in your holiday celebrating and travels.

Posted by Prof. Goose on December 31, 2006 - 12:40pm

Jul. 24 - 463 comments - Jay Hanson and Dieoff.org

Dec. 11 - 428 comments - A Debate on the Substance and Timing of the Peak of Oil Production and Consumption, Part II

Mar. 01 - 388 comments - Why peak oil is probably about now

Dec. 13 - 379 comments - Why We Drive

Aug. 28 - 375 comments - The Energy Balance of Ethanol versus Gasoline

Nov. 11 - 352 comments - From the Editor's Desk: Peak Oil, Heretical Thought, Complexity, and the Future of The Oil Drum

Dec. 20 - 340 comments - The Auto Efficiency Wedge

Nov. 16 - 340 comments - Does the Peak Oil "Myth" Just Fall Down? -- Our Response to CERA

Aug. 08 - 337 comments - Is Nuclear Power a Viable Option for Our Energy Needs?

Oct. 19 - 336 comments - Energy from Wind: A Discussion of the EROI Research

Jul. 27 - 333 comments - Vinod Khosla - Give Him Your Ideas

Aug. 09 - 329 comments - Khosla Responds: "Imagining the Future of Gasoline: Reality or Blue-sky Dreaming?"

Feb. 16 - 327 comments - Why the US Political System Is Unable to React to Peak Oil: Institutions

Dec. 16 - 319 comments - A Different Approach to Calculating Saudi Arabia's Oil Reserves

Apr. 09 - 306 comments - Iran -- Apocalypse Now?

Feb. 13 - 302 comments - Dr Deffeyes defines a date

Sep. 18 - 297 comments - Let's Talk Gas Tax (Poll)

Apr. 28 - 290 comments - The Politics of Oil: The Discourse Must Change

Jul. 12 - 289 comments - Peak Oil, Persuasion, and the World Meme

Oct. 07 - 284 comments - The End of Fossil Energy

Aug. 22 - 282 comments - NY Times Energy Series: Nuclear

Aug. 08 - 276 comments - More thoughts on Prudhoe Bay

Dec. 01 - 274 comments - A Credible Threat?

Nov. 28 - 274 comments - Sustainability, Energy Independence and Agricultural Policy

Jun. 29 - 272 comments - Inflationary Collapses, or The NPV of Grandchildren

May 19 - 271 comments - XTL: Promise and Peril

Oct. 02 - 266 comments - JHK: "A Hard Place"

Jul. 15 - 266 comments - The Course of Our Lives WILL Be Determined by the First Derivative of a Function

Feb. 01 - 264 comments - Numbers and the State of the Union Energy segment

Mar. 31 - 262 comments - From an Insider: Rig Prices, Rig Depth, and How to Get a Job

Oct. 04 - 260 comments - The Specter of Recession

Sep. 27 - 257 comments - Burning Buried Sunshine

Jul. 26 - 257 comments - A Letter from the TOD Editors Box...

Aug. 13 - 254 comments - Due Diligence: A reader's response to Khosla

Jul. 15 - 251 comments - Peak Oil and L.A.

Feb. 04 - 241 comments - World Nuclear Panel Refers Iran to the Security Council

Aug. 04 - 240 comments - Heinberg: Middle East at a Crossroads

Aug. 03 - 239 comments - EIA insisting on plateau

Apr. 30 - 235 comments - Wishful thinking

Sep. 17 - 230 comments - A Thought for Today: "Losing Faith in Peak Oil's Transformative Power"

May 24 - 230 comments - E85: Spinning Our Wheels

Jul. 31 - 228 comments - A Conversation with Vinod Khosla

Dec. 04 - 226 comments - A Debate on the Substance and Timing of the Peak of Oil Production and Consumption, Part I

Jan. 27 - 223 comments - Hubbert Linearization Analysis of the Top Three Net Oil Exporters

Jan. 16 - 222 comments - The Iranian Oil Weapon

Mar. 01 - 221 comments - NYT says peak oil "almost certainly correct"

Jun. 18 - 218 comments - "Oil Shale Development Imminent"

Jul. 25 - 216 comments - Vinod Khosla Debunked: Ethanol is NOT the Answer

May 09 - 212 comments - The Limits of Biofuels

Nov. 22 - 211 comments - Dr James Hansen: Can We Still Avoid Dangerous Human-Made Climate Change?