Some people find oil & gas depletion--among other environmental problems--to be depressing.

In part, that's is because they're clinging to 'development' like this --

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by Andy Singer

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Andy exaggerates, but I think he's close to the mark --
that is, his piece pretty much captures what some areas of sprawl are like.

Thus, Andy captures the car-centric, de-localized 'development' that oil & gas depletion increasingly will force us to turn away from -- by retrofitting this sprawl as much as possible, by devising new ways to use such buildings and paved roads, etc.

Those transitions can go smoothly -- if we make that happen.

Toban Black
(http://tobanblack.net/blog/)