The cities may well be inhabitable once again – not all of them, of course, such as Detroit – but those with the ability to act as regional clusters for productive enterprises, particularly in agriculture will have a good chance.

I know of too many people who are citing Peak Oil as the end of the world, when it really isn’t.

It’s the end of one world, and the beginning of another, based on dramatically different energy economics.

Quick comment on formation/abandonment policies:

Note that there was nothing there before we came, and nothing there, after we leave.

The American Southwest might prove to be truly exciting, say, fifty years from now, when the Reconquista owns a desert…

In the meantime, SOMETHING must happen to shift the focus of our Race back to Conquest mode.

With my nephews, I can say this:

I’m doing my part!