It pays to remember that societies get what they deserve, not what they expect.

The 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.

The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things

Suburbia is not going to run on biodiesel. The easy-motoring tourist industry is not going to run on biodiesel, wind power and solar fuel.

Eighty percent of everything ever built in America has been built in the last 50 years, and most of it is depressing, brutal, ugly, unhealthy, and spiritually degrading.

A land full of places that are not worth caring about may soon be a nation and a way of life that is not worth defending.

We 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.