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title: "6 Decades Quotes By James Howard Kunstler"
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> [Ahead now, I think you'll see the big nations shrink back into their own corners of the world. I'm not saying we'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/ahead-now-i-think-you-ll-see-the-big-nations-shrink-back-into-their/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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> [In the decades to come, the successful places will tend to be the smaller traditional towns and cities with viable farming hinterlands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/in-the-decades-to-come-the-successful-places-will-tend-to-be-the/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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> [The salient fact about the decades ahead is that we are entering a permanent global energy crisis and it will change everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/the-salient-fact-about-the-decades-ahead-is-that-we-are-entering-a/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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> [ \[Suburbia\] represents, after all, the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world. We built it during our most affluent… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/suburbia-represents-after-all-the-greatest-misallocation-of-resources/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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> [Two decades from now, I doubt that the home building industry, so called, will even exist as we have known it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/two-decades-from-now-i-doubt-that-the-home-building-industry-so/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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> [Saudi Arabia is, of course, the keystone of OPEC. Saudi Arabia has had the distinction of remaining stable through all the escalating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/saudi-arabia-is-of-course-the-keystone-of-opec-saudi-arabia-has-had/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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## Other authors on Decades

## More by James Howard Kunstler

> [ The ideas of \[ Le Corbusier \] that actually found their way into practice were deeply destructive - for instance, the tower-in-a-park, which mutated… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/the-ideas-of-le-corbusier-that-actually-found-their-way-into-practice/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [ “On my way out of \[Atlantic City\] at quarter after seven in the morning, a young pump jockey at the gas station \[...\] mentioned… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/on-my-way-out-of-atlantic-city-at-quarter-after-seven-in-the-morning/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [Ahead now, I think you'll see the big nations shrink back into their own corners of the world. I'm not saying we'll see no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/ahead-now-i-think-you-ll-see-the-big-nations-shrink-back-into-their/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [The task we face is reorganizing the systems we depend on for daily life in a way that is consistent with the realities coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/the-task-we-face-is-reorganizing-the-systems-we-depend-on-for-daily/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [White America is tortured by black America's failure to thrive, and all that guilt and anxiety has only gotten worse as a substantial quota…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/white-america-is-tortured-by-black-america-s-failure-to-thrive-and/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [What we face is a comprehensive contraction of our activities, due to declining fossil fuel resources and other growing scarcities. Our failure is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/what-we-face-is-a-comprehensive-contraction-of-our-activities-due-to/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [We're living in a culture that doesn't believe in decorating buildings, or proportioning them properly. And they don't know how to do it anymore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/we-re-living-in-a-culture-that-doesn-t-believe-in-decorating/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [Because I believe a lot of people share my feelings about the tragic landscape of highway strips, parking lots, housing tracts, mega-malls, junked cities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/because-i-believe-a-lot-of-people-share-my-feelings-about-the-tragic/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [No amount or combination of alternative fuels is going to allow us to continue running what we're running, the way we're running it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/no-amount-or-combination-of-alternative-fuels-is-going-to-allow-us-to/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [Everything we do these days - our lust for ever more comfort, pleasure, and distraction, our refusal to engage with the mandates of reality,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/everything-we-do-these-days-our-lust-for-ever-more-comfort-pleasure/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [There's a lot of wishful thinking that somehow we'll replace fossil fuels with alternative energy sources, but they remain far from reality. We're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/there-s-a-lot-of-wishful-thinking-that-somehow-we-ll-replace-fossil/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [Our twenty-first century economy may focus on agriculture, not information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/our-twenty-first-century-economy-may-focus-on-agriculture-not/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done - and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/i-think-that-obama-s-failure-to-reestablish-the-rule-of-law-in-money/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [I'm not against Kyoto. I just think it's a fantasy, especially considering China's energy predicament and their coal supplies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/i-m-not-against-kyoto-i-just-think-it-s-a-fantasy-especially/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

> [The American house has been TV-centered for three generations. It is the focus of family life, and the life of the house correspondingly turns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howard-kunstler/the-american-house-has-been-tv-centered-for-three-generations-it-is/)

[James Howard Kunstler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howard-kunstler/)

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