onlooker wrote:asg70 wrote:onlooker wrote:So you dispute "The project of the American suburbs is the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world."
I think I will keep you on ignore for awhile
That statement is by definition subjective. Those who live in and enjoy the suburbs and don't care about energy don't feel it was a misallocation of resources. I mean, there are anti-civvers that feel that agriculture was the greatest mis-step of mankind. There is no unanimity when it comes to these things.
Does not merit a reply
Then why did you supply one?
The fact of the matter is that the sustainability ship sailed 10,000 years ago when we abandoned hunter-gatherer life. Even Kunstler's vaunted world made by hand continues to rely on an 1800s style lifestyle that is still (in the long run) unsustainable. It's just less unsustainable than now. The behavior of humanity, time and again, favors short-term comfort over sustainability, and suburban life, to many, is the pinnacle, i.e. the proverbial white picket fence.