"Assumptions" by Jim Kunstler

Clusterfuck Nation: "When historians glance back at 2007 through the haze of their coal-fired stoves, they will mark this year as the onset of the Long Emergency – or whatever they choose to call the unraveling of industrial economies and the complex systems that constituted them. And if they retain any sense of humor – which is very likely since, as wise Sam Beckett once averred, nothing is funnier than unhappiness – they will chuckle at the assumptions that drove the doings and mental operations of those in charge back then (i.e. now). ... Has anyone noticed that the housing bubble and subsequent implosion is following the peak oil line exactly?" [ Ed. note -Excerpt Flyer emphasis] Read more.