From the mixed-up files of me

“But the fact is, we’re all facing the same crisis: the collapse of late-model capitalism as we know it. As James Howard Kunstler (and countless other social theorists) has pointed out, the end of cheap oil will mean an end to our vast, subsidized food emporiums. The suburbs we’ve created to indulge in our pastoral fantasia will no longer be garnished with apples from New Zealand and shallots from China. If we want fresh produce, we’re going to have to grow it ourselves.”