I'm watching the doc "Escape from Suburbia", and a segment with James Howard Kuntsler just ended.... [View All]

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..... and a short, simple statement he made was so powerful and effective.....He was discussing a statement by Dick Cheney that when it comes to oil usage, the American way of life is non-negotiable.

Kuntsler's retort was: "If you don't want to negotiate your way of life, you automatically get a new negotiating partner, named Reality."


So, so true. And Reality holds all the negotiating trump cards. Sadly, that kind of thinking is not exclusive to Cheney. It seems most Americans - with their love for SUVs, sprawl, consumption etc. - also feel the American lifestyle is non-negotiable. And we refuse to negotiate at our own peril.


Note: "Escape from Suburbia" is a doc highlighting how Peak Oil will change the way we live, and what people are doing to adjust for it.