"Economic history." . . "Neng yuan jing ji." . . "能源經濟." . "能源經濟" . . . "Technology Social aspects." . . "Social history." . . "United States" . . "United States." . "2000 - 2099" . . "Technology Social aspects United States." . . "Shi you wen ti." . . "石油問題." . "石油問題" . "Mei guo." . . "美國." . "美國" . "Since 2000" . . "Wo men mei you quan li yue guan : hou shi you wei ji shi dai de zhen xiang" . . . . . . . . "後石油危機時代的真相" . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . "我們沒有權利樂觀 : 後石油危機時代的真相" . "Wishful thinking, technology, and the fate of the nation" . "Wishful thinking, technology, and the fate of the nation"@en . . . . "Wo men mei you quan li le guan : hou shi you wei ji shi dai de zhen xiang" . . . "Too much magic" . . . "Too much magic : wishful thinking, technology, and the fate of the nation"@en . . . . . "\"\"Too Much Magic\" is what Kunstler sees in the bright visions of a future world dreamed up by optimistic souls who believe technology will solve all our problems. In Too Much Magic, Kunstler articulates a number of issues relating to the unsustainability of our high-energy lifestyle, including: The pernicious cult of \"Happy Motoring\" and our desire to preserve an ailing and backwards automotive industry at all costs; The upcoming demise of suburbia and the mass migration and demographic shifts that will ensue; The inadequacy of both renewable energy sources and alternative fossil fuels such as biodiesel, tar sands, and shale oil and gas to make up the energy shortfall when our conventional sources of fuel dry; The effect of the continuing increase in global population even after resource shortfalls of oil and fossil fuels become acute; How the diminishing returns of technology collide with hypercomplexity to scuttle our wishes for an easy way out of our epochal predicaments. With vision and clarity of thought, and an antic, comic spirit, Kunstler argues that the time for magical thinking and hoping for miracles is over, and the time to begin preparing for the long emergency has begun.\"--Jacket."@en . "Hou shi you wei ji shi dai de zhen xiang" .