Trailer for World Made by Hand novel by Kunstler

this is not doom and gloom at all. you misunderstand...

Seem like the typical Evirometalist doom and doom and gloom and romanticism of 18th century life.

No one has yet mentioned in this comment stream that we are killing off this world. The self centeredness of our kind is mind nummingly selfish.  Ps I don't know if nummingly is spelled right.

All species are selfish - it's how nature works. If bunnies had industrial civilization they'd be doing the same thing.

No, it isn't.

Well, if you mean the Alberta tar sands - at our current rate of consumption we use nearly 1 trillion barrels in a little more than 30-35 years so you might be able to get as far as 2040 before things look decidedly less modern.

Yerk3 : and your point is????" the modern world has advantages(?) of course it does the problem is nature doesn' t give a rats ass as to how much you like your teeth, eating balanced meals or watching dr phil.... world energy demand rises daily; world energy extraction plateaued in2005." sithlord cheney said "the American way of life is notnegotiable".
I beg to differ:
Nature doesn't negotiate... oil boy.

46ace: You equate keeping your teeth and not starving to death with watching Dr. Phil? Did you know that people with bad teeth are more at risk for heart trouble? Until you've torn a ligament and needed modern surgery to be able to walk again, you have no right to equate crucial medical advances with talk shows and useless luxuries.

Just finished reading this. It's a very interesting prospect on our future and a highly recommended read. The signs certainly point to a world similar to the one depicted in this book. Solid story with good character development. You really seem to be drawn into this world while reading.

US oil production peaked in 1970. Since then it has been downhill. The only thing that has kept America in the quality of life it expects has been via overseas oil.

The American Dream has been racking up the credit and now it is payback time and no functioning mass industry to generate revenue needed.