Last night Meghan and I watched THE END OF SUBURBIA, an unbelievably frightening documentary about the history of cheap oil in America and the disaster that’s going to hit when it runs out. The best talking head was James Howard Kunstler, (he blogs here), who basically said, “Hey, we’re going to have to completely retool our infostructure and reinvent what we do for a living. I mean, I’m a writer…the whole trade publishing industry runs on oil. So I have to be very real about what my future will look like. Maybe I’ll be running a local newspaper…”

It solidified my feeling that the future of our civilization will be dependent on small, networked, local communities who band together to solve their energy and food issues. (Not to mention we’ll all be living in extended family situations, with grandparents, parents, and in-laws.)

So buy some good farmland (I heard Circleville was nice), buy some guns, get off the grid (solar panels/wind mills), and wait for the apocalypse. And don’t worry about that crashed powerbook, because pretty soon you won’t be able to power it anyways.

Here’s the promo for the documentary:

And here’s a great excerpt:

Good night and good luck, indeed!