{"id":2655,"date":"2016-09-21T01:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2016-09-29T22:30:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T22:30:49","slug":"robert-stark-interview-james-howard-kunstler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starktruthradio.com\/?p=2655","title":{"rendered":"Robert Stark interviews James Howard Kunstler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Robert Stark, Rabbit, and Alex von Goldstein talk to writer and social critic,\u00a0James Howard Kunstler<\/a><\/p>\n

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The history of suburbia
\nJames’ theory of history that things happen because they seem like a good idea at the time
\nHow our auto oriented petroleum based society is unsustainable
\nHow bad urban planing has negative psychological and cultural implications
\nThe role of zoning laws, and how zoning can both encourage and prevent suburban sprawl
\nThe future of suburbia, how some will be retrofitted into walkalble communities, while others will\u00a0be abandoned
\nThe New Urbanist Movement
\nMass immigration and overpopulation
\nWhy James does not view skyscrapers and hyper density as viable alternatives to suburbia
\nRobert’s point that tall structures can have aesthetic value, and how James acknowledges that the early wave of skyscrapers(ex.\u00a0Singer Building<\/a>,\u00a0Woolworth Building<\/a>,\u00a0Manhattan Municipal Building<\/a>) were beautiful structures but historical flukes
\nHow European cities provide the ideal model for urbanism
\nExamples of sustainable American cities include Portland, Oregon, Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia
\nMass Transit, and why James favors investing in existing rail infrastrusture over new high speed rail
\nThe\u00a0Streetcar suburb<\/a>,\u00a0and how they provide a model for New Urbanism
\nJames’ point that even with alternative energy and technological innovation, we still have to downsize and localize our society and economy
\nHow peak oil will lead to economic and political decentralization
\nHow Peak Oil will make Globalization unsustainable
\nThe future of China and the Arab Gulf States
\nPre-War Japan as the best example of an advanced civilization without industrialization
\nThe scarcity of\u00a0water in the future, and how the inland water system will regain it’s value
\nHistoric Preservation<\/a>, how the movement was started in the 1960’s in response to the demolition of\u00a0Pennsylvania Station<\/a>\u00a0in NYC,\u00a0and the debate about what should be preserved
\nRabbit makes the case for mid century modern
\nCapital scarcities in the future, and how mass development is dependent upon the financial system
\nJames’ four book series\u00a0set in a post economic collapse America, the\u00a0World Made by Hand<\/a><\/p>\n

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