Middle class angst: The politics of lemmings

The deepest fear in suburbia, never spoken aloud, is that when this epoch unravels, Suburbia’s citizens quite simply will not know how to survive… The real choice that Suburbia will face is one between fascism or self-sufficiency, which is a choice – as well – between spiritual death or spiritual renewal.

Living the diesel shortages in China

Trucks are lining up in their hundreds at three stations in Chongqing, China, in the hopes of getting 40 litres of fuel. In this city of 10 million, only those three are still selling diesel. This may be an economics-induced dress rehearsal of the reality that will face the rest of the world in the post-peak oil universe.