THE END OF SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream is a very good look at the problem facing suburban America. The sad thing about all of this is that people are determined to ignore the issue altogether. There is a common unspoken assumption that a solution will just magically present itself. That’d be nice but chances are it isn’t going to happen. I don’t doubt that things are going to change, everything is always changing no matter how much we try to pretend that things are as they always have been or always will be. We’ve never owned a car and have managed fine. In the future I plan to get an alternatively-powered car but we won’t be using it the way most people use their vehicles. For now I’m still walking.