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Interesting Bit About Life After Oil

by Len Neighbors
02/11/2006

James Howard Kunstler, author of an excellent book about the serious mistakes we've made in organizing and building American cities called Home From Nowhere, has published an interesting list of ten things we'll have to do when we run out of oil. While we're not so convinced that peak oil is coming soon, there are some things in this list that we might consider for other reasons, including the health of our population, the health of our economy, opportunity for people who have to, you know, work for a living, and national security.

Home From Nowhere, just like this list, is alarmist and very preachy, but the irritants present in his writing style shouldn't make Kunstler any less palatable as food for thought. Even if the world isn't fixin' to end as Kunstler seems to believe, maybe we should think about making our cities walkable, or at least bicycle-able, and we should definitely start manufacturing things in the United States again.

Just in case Kunstler is right, though, we're keeping some studded collars and football player shoulder pads in the office closet to go with our Mohawks when it all goes South.