Uh, yeah... Why are we even considering her a reasonable person? According to her Wikipedia page, she is a die-hard DDR-apologist.

"The Communist Platform (German: Kommunistische Plattform, KPF) was originally formed as a tendency of the PDS. It is less critical of German Democratic Republic than other groupings, and it upholds orthodox Marxist positions. A "strategic goal" of the KPF is "building a new socialist society, using the positive experiences of real socialism and to learn from mistakes" [46] Its primary leader is Sahra Wagenknecht"

What would we think of a person who talked about the "positive experiences of national socialism and to learn from mistakes"? Well, we wouldn't allow them in polite company, that's for sure. I've previously not really understood why so many in Germany are hostile to Die Linke - now I do.

And she seems to like the mad economy-wrecker in chief who makes Alan Greenspan look like an amateur: "She has expressed strong support for the rise of left-wing leaders in Latin America, such as Hugo Chávez."

Die Linke is something of a broad church, consisting of several overlapping and diverging tendencies. So why do we associate ourselves with the crazies?

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.