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westexas on January 2, 2006 - 5:04pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Jim Kunstler has posted his predictions for ohsix at:  www.kunstler.com

Final paragraph below:

"Political circuses will not completely divert the middle class from its own suffering, as their mortgages devour what is left of their financial lives. But as they sink in fortune and hope, I predict we will see a turning of all the recent celebrity envy -- and the infotainment value spun off it -- into a vicious hatred of the rich and famous and a new desire not to emulate them, but to punish them. Look out, Nicole Ritchie and the Donald Trump. The grandchildren of Ozzie and Harriet will be looking to eat you for dinner starting in 2006."

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skylar on January 2, 2006 - 7:44pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Jim Kunstler writes well. I've been reading his non-fiction work for years.
But I can't be the only one who finds his hyperbolic -- wishing for doom -- predictions a bit tiresome.
I think Micheal Greer's exposition of the "Long Emergency" - posted on the Energy Bulletin -- http://www.energybulletin.net/4624.html is much better reasoned.
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tom deplume on January 3, 2006 - 10:07pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
"Eat the Rich" is an old neocon metaphor for a progressive tax system.
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Leanan on January 2, 2006 - 9:23pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Thanks for posting this.  I enjoy Kunstler's writing, even if I don't agree with him on everything.

I think he underestimates the power of inertia.  Even if the worst happens, we'll continue on for years.  We've got too much momentum.  We're too large to make sudden changes, for good or ill.

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RickD on January 2, 2006 - 11:54pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Jim Kunstler says:

"New laws regulating gasoline mixtures will also contribute substantially to higher gasoline prices (perhaps as much as 40 cents a gallon). So I will predict gasoline breaking through the $4-a-gallon mark sometime this year."

Does anybody know what new laws he is talking about and when they would take affect?

Thanks,
Rick

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Agric on January 3, 2006 - 12:54am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I'm aware of such a thing for diesel - it seems that virtually all US states have approved slightly different formulations requiring separate refinery runs and distribution. This is likely to add cost and may cause other inconveniences. I don't think it applies so much to non-diesel gasoline.
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Leanan on January 3, 2006 - 3:05am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
You might find this article of interest:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10653204/

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