Comments on: KunstlerCast #3: World Made By Hand - Transcript http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/ The tragic comedy of suburban sprawl Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kokil döküm http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-421 kokil döküm Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:37:32 +0000 http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-421 very good... very good…

]]> By: Duncan Crary http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-163 Duncan Crary Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:18:38 +0000 http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-163 <font color="#CC6600"><font size="3"><strong>To comment on this transcript and/or show topic, visit <a href="http://kunstlercast.com/forum/index.php?topic=8.0" rel="nofollow"><font color="#CC6600">the KunstlerCast Forum</a></p></strong></font></font><br><br> To comment on this transcript and/or show topic, visit the KunstlerCast Forum

]]> By: Glen Clark http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-145 Glen Clark Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:19:03 +0000 http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-145 A friend of mine who will be delivering a paper on urban planning - he is an Ecotopian, inspired by Callenbach - sent me Kunstler\'s essay on the war in Iraq, the thesis of which is that attacking the regime in Afghanistan wasn\'t enough, that an Arab regime had to be attacked to send an eye for eye message to the Arab terrorists. The writing is brilliant and powerful, so I asked if he had a book, and my friend sent me to this website. I\'ve spent the day reading the transcripts. I\'m a teacher and writer of unpublished books - a history of the world in verse, etc., so I don\'t know how I will do in this future, but living with cars has never been for me, so Kunstler actually provides a hopeful vision. I\'ll have to read the book but it will be interesting to see how the new feudalism managed by Bullock defends himself from bandits, new Goths and the like. A friend of mine who will be delivering a paper on urban planning - he is an Ecotopian, inspired by Callenbach - sent me Kunstler\’s essay on the war in Iraq, the thesis of which is that attacking the regime in Afghanistan wasn\’t enough, that an Arab regime had to be attacked to send an eye for eye message to the Arab terrorists. The writing is brilliant and powerful, so I asked if he had a book, and my friend sent me to this website. I\’ve spent the day reading the transcripts. I\’m a teacher and writer of unpublished books - a history of the world in verse, etc., so I don\’t know how I will do in this future, but living with cars has never been for me, so Kunstler actually provides a hopeful vision. I\’ll have to read the book but it will be interesting to see how the new feudalism managed by Bullock defends himself from bandits, new Goths and the like.

]]> By: Carl Horn http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-12 Carl Horn Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:34:58 +0000 http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-12 Carbon is king. Will we not see an economic boom as North America reindustrializes to obtain synthedic liquid and natural gas produces from tar sands and low grade coal feed stocks. Granted we will have a decline in the mass consumer economy as we move back to big iron work to keep the industrial farming practices in place. Witness the surging tar sands industry in Canada? Also TransCanada is proposing to build a mega pipeline from the Artice regions of Alaska and Canada to feed the mega demand in the center of North America. We are talking largest private projects every constructed. $30 billion pipelines from these remote regions. 52" cyogenic high pressure lines to the Alberta hub. Just completed the recent mega off shore oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska Coast. Generated billions in lease fees for the Federal Government. Peak oil is a reality but the energy game will be played out over a much longer time frame. Likely the dollar will be worthless and poor investment in Hypertrophic housing is failing but likely not back to the farm but back to the mine. The Federal Reserve and US Treasury will have to figure how to devalue and debace savings in pension plans, global holding by others and grandma so that capital remaining will flow to 'productive' energy production. Empire demands no less. Likely best course is to drain the middle east of as much oil and LNG as possible and to hold our coal and other resources as an ace in the whole. Hell paying $110 with paper money for a barrol of oil is the best game in town. A paper iou which will never be retrievable in mass for anything of value? Just this week the federal reserved 'created' $200 Billion to save the Market on Sunday. Then the regulators created yet $200 billion more by relaxing the standands of lending by the Freddies and Fannies. So we exchange a load of mortgage backed securities for US treasury bills and notes. One IOU for a new IOU. Sort of like the guy on the street in Central Park with three cups. Which one has the coin under it. Thanks for the great discussions. Carbon is king. Will we not see an economic boom as North America reindustrializes to obtain synthedic liquid and natural gas produces from tar sands and low grade coal feed stocks. Granted we will have a decline in the mass consumer economy as we move back to big iron work to keep the industrial farming practices in place. Witness the surging tar sands industry in Canada?

Also TransCanada is proposing to build a mega pipeline from the Artice regions of Alaska and Canada to feed the mega demand in the center of North America. We are talking largest private projects every constructed. $30 billion pipelines from these remote regions. 52″ cyogenic high pressure lines to the Alberta hub.

Just completed the recent mega off shore oil and gas leases in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska Coast. Generated billions in lease fees for the Federal Government.

Peak oil is a reality but the energy game will be played out over a much longer time frame. Likely the dollar will be worthless and poor investment in Hypertrophic housing is failing but likely not back to the farm but back to the mine. The Federal Reserve and US Treasury will have to figure how to devalue and debace savings in pension plans, global holding by others and grandma so that capital remaining will flow to ‘productive’ energy production. Empire demands no less.

Likely best course is to drain the middle east of as much oil and LNG as possible and to hold our coal and other resources as an ace in the whole. Hell paying $110 with paper money for a barrol of oil is the best game in town. A paper iou which will never be retrievable in mass for anything of value? Just this week the federal reserved ‘created’ $200 Billion to save the Market on Sunday. Then the regulators created yet $200 billion more by relaxing the standands of lending by the Freddies and Fannies. So we exchange a load of mortgage backed securities for US treasury bills and notes. One IOU for a new IOU. Sort of like the guy on the street in Central Park with three cups. Which one has the coin under it.

Thanks for the great discussions.

]]> By: jim e http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-10 jim e Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:20:25 +0000 http://kunstlercast.com/transcripts/2008/03/14/kunstlercast-transcript-3-world-made-by-hand/#comment-10 I am relieved to have found this. I am hearing and reading it together (it may help this Bama boy named earl spell). Does more war come out of the inevitable change? Most (even in my own family) would never ride a bicycle or walk. We will defend our right to burn it to the last drop. Is there a tipping point to this mentality? As the president said ... we are addicted to earl. Cycling is the cure to the addiction? Could double dip with the help out on healthcare(don't crash again). Forgive me if the post sounds out of place as I listen to them (Kunstlercast) bassackwards. jh ... Thanks to the Flamenco Chuckwagon for getting me here. I am relieved to have found this. I am hearing and reading it together (it may help this Bama boy named earl spell). Does more war come out of the inevitable change? Most (even in my own family) would never ride a bicycle or walk. We will defend our right to burn it to the last drop. Is there a tipping point to this mentality? As the president said … we are addicted to earl. Cycling is the cure to the addiction? Could double dip with the help out on healthcare(don’t crash again). Forgive me if the post sounds out of place as I listen to them (Kunstlercast) bassackwards. jh … Thanks to the Flamenco Chuckwagon for getting me here.

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