Kunstler’s precautionary analysis is unsettling. But it is echoed by many other thinkers who are examining the course of modern civilization, anticipating the “convergence of catastrophes” and pondering the consequences. For confirmation, just note the number of books and movies during the last few years that contemplate an impending apocalypse. Kunstler would argue that these are all premonitions inspired by the encroaching margins of entropy, the breakdown of order as we slide faster and faster down the speedy slope of energy consumption.

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