The Big Online Energy Slide

The slowdown of the world economy has hit everybody, but the technology sector has suffered the most. One can say that the first true sign that an era has passed is the assimilation into popular culture. If that is true, then the era of the dotcoms and the easy money is truly over. Movies and books are popping up, describing the rise and fall of companies without any real product, overconfident investors, an inflated market, and a feeling of anything being possible; turning into huge debts, venture capitalists without jobs, a market in free fall, and general despair all around? So how bad is it in the energy industry?