I'm not against Kyoto. I just think it's a fantasy, especially considering China's energy predicament and their coal supplies.

I think a lot of things will be self-correcting, even in America. After all, human societies are essentially self-organizing emergent systems. The catch is, how much disorder will we have to endure while this re-self-organizing process occurs.

Consider how badly-built suburbia is. Many business buildings are not designed to outlast their tax depreciation periods, and the McHouses are made of particle board, vinyl siding, and stapled-on trim. A lot of suburbia will simply become the slums of the future. Most of the rest will be salvage or ruins.

I don't like talking about 'solutions.' I prefer talking about intelligent responses.

Once energy problems gain traction, there will be a large new class of economic losers, and consequently a lot of social turbulence.

Under the current high energy / high entropy regime, sustainable development is a joke.

On top of the insult of destroying the geographic places we call home, the chain stores also destroyed people's place in the order of daily life, including the duties, responsibilities, obligations, and ceremonies that prompt citizens to care for each other.