James Howard Kunstler: Investing In Infrastructure For An Age Of Scarcity

A few years ago, author James Howard Kunstler famously convinced petro-billionaire and Bush crony Richard Rainwater to build an off-the-grid rural compound because the fabric of American society would soon be threatened by oil shortages and skyrocketing energy prices. The Long Emergency, Kunstler

Naturally, this informs his ideas about what kinds of infrastructure investments the nation ought to be making. Recently, he discussed that subject, the tragic nature of imaginary money, and