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KunstlerCast #75: Jet Skis in the Wilderness

KunstlerCast #75: Jet Skis in the Wilderness

FromKunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy


KunstlerCast #75: Jet Skis in the Wilderness

FromKunstlerCast - Suburban Sprawl: A Tragic Comedy

ratings:
Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Even during a recession, Americans are pouring into our nation's "wilderness areas" with jet skis and cigarette boats in tow. After returning home from a visit to the Adirondack Mountains of New York, James Howard Kunstler serves up some thoughts on the gas guzzling toys we use to get off on in nature. Although we have a residual memory of what the American wilderness used to be like before World War II, the reality of our "nature areas" today is much different. Plastic weenie stands, ice cream emporiums and gift shops have invaded the woods. But Kunstler believes the days of traffic jams in Yosemite are numbered. This week's sponsor: www.PostPeakLiving.com
Released:
Aug 13, 2009
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency, and World Made By Hand, takes on suburban sprawl, disposable architecture and the end of the cheap oil era each week with program host Duncan Crary.