In our current frame of mind, or paradigm, or whatever you want to call it, we like to think that marshalling government policy is the way to get things done.
James Howard KunstlerNo amount or combination of alternative fuels is going to allow us to continue running what we're running, the way we're running it.
James Howard KunstlerOur building practices for the past century have been plain stupid - especially the glorification of the single-family house in a subdivision, at the expense of all other typologies and arrangements.
James Howard KunstlerMost of suburbia will end up in three ways: ruins, slums, salvage yards for materials.
James Howard KunstlerAt the heart of our misunderstanding and infantile behavior is the wish for a miracle cure.
James Howard KunstlerThe "Green" community, the enviro people, are preoccupied with running all the cars differently. Our techno-grandiosity has us gibbering about high-speed rail - which we don't have the capital for anymore - but nobody is interested in repairing the existing rail system, which would be far less costly and hugely beneficial for us. In short, we are acting cluelessly. And life is tragic. The clueless usually suffer.
James Howard Kunstler