The salient fact about the decades ahead is that we are entering a permanent global energy crisis and it will change everything about how we live.
James Howard KunstlerWe have to grow our food differently because industrial farming will soon end. That means growing more food locally on smaller farms with more human attention.
James Howard KunstlerThe task we face is reorganizing the systems we depend on for daily life in a way that is consistent with the realities coming down at us.
James Howard KunstlerWe might hope that the law as a profession does not vanish, because justice may vanish with it - but we could probably do with far fewer lawyers. Since I think agriculture will come back closer to the center of life, I think there will be many vocational opportunities there - especially with the so-called 'value-added' activities associated with food production. That's a windy way to say more local wine and cheese-makers - and probably fewer giant factories producing cheez doodles and Pepsi Cola.
James Howard Kunstler