Related Documentary: The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream [2004]
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I've thought about this issue for a while now. I come to the conclusion every time that the suburban lifestyle is unsustainable. Suburban living is made possible not solely because of cheap oil; it's also because of cheap overseas labour. How much longer can the West stay so far ahead of everyone else once the energy crisis gets worse? What will happen when certain developing nations, well, develop?
I have Jane Jacobs' Death and Life of Great American Cities on hold at my public library. I've heard time and time again that it is still relevant today despite being written in 1961. Incredible. Maybe some of us will start taking what she taught a little more seriously.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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