In an attempt to give more people an introduction to peak oil and what this forum is all about, I figured it was time we have an introduction to peak oil to be created. If any of you remember the long introduction on LATOC, I am looking for something like that. I want people finding The Oil Age for the first time to know what we are about without having to look through the forums and getting in over their head before they have even begun to fully understand the spirit of the site.

Now here is the challenge to the community.

We would like a primer of sorts to be the front page of our forum here and wan't to open it up to you the community to create it.

So we have decided to hold a contest of sorts, the winner who writes the best intro description will receive a "VIP" badge on their account along with a Avatar designed by myself to your specifications.

I will be closing submissions On January 31st, at which point the submissions will be pondered over and a winner will be selected by the admins.

Once selection is complete the admin team will go through it and ensure it's ready for the new main page we are building. (Spelling, grammar and the such)

After completion a new forum will be created to facilitate updating and additions to it based on changing conditions regarding peak oil.

Please submit all submission to myself via PM for consideration. If pictures are used in the writeup, just include a link to them.

By submitting a article for consideration you agree to allow perpetual use of the article by the Oil Age, either in its original form, or changed however we see fit in perpetuity. This is just to keep it domain of the Oil Age and it's posters ownership.