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Kunstler On Peak Oil And Politics

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan

19 May 2006 - 12:00pm

Urbanist James Howard Kunstler talks about peak oil, the railway system, new urbanism, and politics.

"According to Kunstler, America 's auto-dependent culture and landscape will make this transition to a post-oil economy extremely painful. He predicts potential wars over dwindling oil supplies, massive abandonment of suburban sprawl areas, and, ultimately, a return to the time when people ate locally grown produce and did not commute dozens of miles to work each day.

We caught up with Kunstler to chat about the intersection of urban planning and progressive politics, and what the future will look like if, as he predicts, oil prices just keep rising."

Full Story: Has the Long Peak-Oil Emergency Begun?
Source: AlterNet, May 19, 2006
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