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The Next Twilight of Environmentalism | John Michael Greer

Aug. 7, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- Well, it’s about to happen all over again. I’ve been wondering how soon a certain marriage of convenience in contemporary cultural politics would come messily apart, and now we’ve seen one of the typical warning signs of that impending breach. Those of my readers who are concerned about environmental issues -- actually concerned, that is, and not simply using the e ...

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Progress and Amnesia | John Michael Greer

Giant laser walrus. Source: worldwidewalrusweb.comJuly 17, 2019 (EcoSophia.net) -- I’d meant to launch straight into a discussion of peak oil this week, and talk about how the ongoing attempt to extr ...

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That Collapse You Ordered…? | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust April 30, 2018 I had a fellow on my latest podcast, released Sunday, who insists the world population will crash 90-plus percent from th ...

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Shale Is A Retirement Party For The Oil Industry | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Feb. 9, 2018 As of this week, the shale oil miracle launched U.S. oil production above the 1970 previous-all-time record at just over 10 million barrels a da ...

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Beyond Cynicism: America Fumbles Towards Kafka’s Castle | James Howard Kunstler

'The Long Emergency' back cover photo On America's 'long emergency' of recession, globalization, and identity politics. James Howard Kunstler -- American Conservative Dec. 21, 2017 Nobody knows, from ...

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What Now? | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Nov. 13, 2017 It must be exciting to wake up on a gilded bed somewhere in Riyadh and realize that you are Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bi ...

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The Infinite Suburb Is an Academic Joke | James Howard Kunstler

Oct. 27, 2017 (The American Conservative) -- The elite graduate schools of urban planning have yet another new vision of the future. Lately, they see a new-and-improved suburbia -- based on self-driv ...

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The Future (Not) | James Howard Kunstler

Elon MuskJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Oct. 13, 2017 I took myself to the new movie Blade Runner 2049 to see what kind of future the Hollywood dream-shop is serving up these days. It was ...

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When the Butterfly Flaps Its Wings | James Howard Kunstler

Papilio machaon. By fesoj , via Wikimedia CommonsJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2017 It remains to be seen what the impact will be from Mother Nature putting the nation’s fourth-l ...

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Battle of the Behemoths | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 11, 2017 As the empire deliquesces into a fetid slurry of economic failure, we stand ankle deep in the rising swamp waters witnessing the futile battle ...

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Just Wait a Little While | James Howard Kunstler

Ohio River. Photo: WCPOJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 7, 2017 The trouble, of course, is that even after the Deep State (a.k.a. “The Swamp”) succeeds in quick-sanding President Trump, ...

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