... call planet Earth.

I didn't write that, James Kunstler did in his eye-opening Rolling Stone article, "The Long Emergency. What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle.". The article is also long - 3,385 words in all. And, man, is it depressing. It's also a must-read for anyone with a pulse. Part of me hopes it's all true so we'll finally come to our senses and stop our gross suburban sprawl which Kunstler considers to be "the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world". The other part of me hopes he's wrong because we'll have to move and I love where we live. (Here's one of my favorite pictures of our house. BTW, it's not as big as it looks...)

I googled Mr. Kunstler to find out his background. His web site includes his bio with nice pictures at the bottom, a list of books he has authored and a series of even more depressing diary entries.

I've decided not to pull any quotes from his article, there are too many amazing ones and I'll never get this posted. Just read it. You'll see what I mean.