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Speck Tater

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4. We need to see a return to walkable communities. nt

Reply to FarCenter (Original post)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:38 PM

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How Peak Oil Will Shatter Cities Like Merriam, Kansas [View all] FarCenter Mar 2012 OP

"shatter" or "slap back into reality" and force sustainable planning? NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #1

Drove by I-70 the other day through Kansas anti-alec Mar 2012 #2

I think this is true for many places. I've lived in a lot of places in the US and thinking back I RKP5637 Mar 2012 #3

What would be the difference if the automobile had never been invented? LiberalFighter Mar 2012 #14

We need to see a return to walkable communities. nt Speck Tater Mar 2012 #4

It would be nice but... rwsanders Mar 2012 #9

I was on a city planning commission for 5 or 6 years many decades ago. Speck Tater Mar 2012 #11

There should be restrictions on the type of plans used by developers for both business & residential LiberalFighter Mar 2012 #15

Jane Jacobs wrote a wonderful book about this, closeupready Mar 2012 #17

Higher density suburbs will do fine, even in the post auto age. hunter Mar 2012 #5

That would make sense, if the effects of insufferable energy prices were localized. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #6

Far more energy is used for travel by people than for transportation of goods FarCenter Mar 2012 #7

No reason to discount it. It compounds the problem. The Doctor. Mar 2012 #23

It is serious economically, politically and socially -- but the situation is not calamitous FarCenter Mar 2012 #24

If all we had to worry about was Peak Oil, I'd agree with you. GliderGuider Mar 2012 #28

The impact on the world will be greater than on the US FarCenter Mar 2012 #29

That's a very realistic assessment. GliderGuider Mar 2012 #30

I think that localization will turn out to be a little different FarCenter Mar 2012 #31

That brings a lot of clarity to the localization issue. GliderGuider Mar 2012 #32

Merriam will be fine... The Midway Rebel Mar 2012 #8

We are very worried also. Yavapai Mar 2012 #10

I'm curious... Javaman Mar 2012 #12

Choosing to live in the middle of nowhere has consequences. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #13

That is a stunningly beautiful area, but very remote. closeupready Mar 2012 #19

Whiskey Tango Bravo are you doing out there and are you a hermit or do you just like rattle snakes? lonestarnot Mar 2012 #26

To answer, should any of you come back to look, Yavapai Mar 2012 #27

Cool, but you may want to consider a mule team if the gas continues to rise. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #33

Not really that big of a deal....many cities will adapt.....and many will disappear cbdo2007 Mar 2012 #16

I voted with my moving van Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #18

Too bad. Spider Jerusalem Mar 2012 #20

People will adapt- electric or very high efficiency hybrid n2doc Mar 2012 #21

Time to buy an electric car and a solar panel. diane in sf Mar 2012 #22

The ant hole will be our future. lonestarnot Mar 2012 #25

That seems kinda silly to use Merriam as an example hfojvt Mar 2012 #34

i thought merriam was an odd example, as well bart95 Mar 2012 #35

I did find that to be a law of urban areas though hfojvt Mar 2012 #36