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| March 26, 2008
James Howard Kunstler scares the crap out of me.
That being said, James Howard Kunstler also is one of the best authors I have ever read. He’s a captivating, clever, and obviously an ardent voice that has become noted for foreshadowing the impending doom we will face surrounding converging economic and ecological trends that many of us simply choose to ignore.
Author of “The Long Emergency”, “The Biography of Nowhere”, and “Going Local” (to name just a few) Kunstler’s works generally revolve around the concept of peak oil. Basically, the party’s over… the suburban American lifestyles the majority of us are part of cannot continue, and it’s time to make some changes so we don’t face disaster in the upcoming years. The scary thing, he writes, is that:
“Localism and green economic practices will be taken up more broadly and earnestly only when we don’t have a choice about it and can no longer manage our bad old ways.”
So because I’m in “the know” I feel like I should shove these narratives at anyone who will listen. Sure they’re extreme, but in our society it’s the scare tactics that work best.
Photo from Kunstler Online
Link: James Howard Kunstler
Topic: Environmental Design
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