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The End of Suburbia (2004)

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Posted by Dan Weingarten on Feb. 25, 2011

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"We're literally stuck up a cul-de-sac in a cement SUV without a fill-up" - James Howard Kunstler

Global oil peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now, Are today's suburbs destined to become the slums of the future? This is a short version of "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream", a documentary about the end of the age of cheap oil.

The complete 78-minute version of The End of Suburbia is available on DVD at www.endofsuburbia.com. If you own the DVD, you are welcome to screen it to live audiences without permission, as long as it is not for profit.

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