Not only does it do a surprisingly good job covering a number of points which are often not found in a single article, it also provide a stark contrast to today's America. And notice the interplay between jobs, industries, and politics, so unlike what the Bush League seem capable of.

An America-centric bias remains one of my real problems when dealing with peak oil, even here, where a number of posters aren't American.

Essentially, the rest of the world has been quietly working at cutting itself away from America, in no small part because there seems no alternative, since the world's number 1 greatest debtor/superpower seems to feel no need for partners, junior or otherwise. Essentially, looked at from the outside, American society seems utterly incapable of changing itself. Even worse, America seems determined to block others that think and act differently.

But the world is a bigger place, and simply because America is showing signs of truly historic stupidity doesn't mean everyone else will follow its ever more evident downward spiral. That bit about lemmings was staged by Disney - at best, it is a very American metaphor, though sadly appropriate in the Hollywood world most Americans seem to believe in.