<p>...Kunstler has a new work of social criticism titled Too Much Magic, his first nonfiction book since The Long Emergency came out in 2005. The book is an inquiry into a skewed, delusional perception of reality that Kunstler thinks has become “baseline normal for the American public lately.” Americans, he says, have been led astray by the incredible technological advancements of recent times.

<p>"Everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the mouth." -- Mike Tyson</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/LDLS_Final.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" /></span>As a former mayor of Santa Cruz, California, I have had a sustained interest in alternative investment strategies for local communities.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/cover_artferment_sm.thumbnail.gif" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="83" height="100" /></span>Letting food sit at room temperature and become colonized by airborne microorganisms runs counter to everything we're taught about food safety.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/9781582437170.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" /></span>Jerry Mander’s new book, The Capitalism Papers, has a promising subtitle: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/6_sf_on_K-550x420.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="76" /></span>Peter Bane’s handbook, while not quite encyclopedic, is nothing if not authoritative.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/bookCover.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="75" height="100" /></span>Originally published in 1974, How to Grow More Vegetables, Eighth Edition: (And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land than You Can Imagine

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Unlearn,Rewild~CvrProof3.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="65" height="100" /></span>One of the least useful words in the English language is the word "wilderness." I grew up wandering the woods, and, to me, where the road and the trail end and the animal (and h

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/magicwand.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>These days, it's as if Americans are permanently and pervasively stuck at age seven, more focused on the imaginative powers of Harry Potter's wand and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (or the latest i

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/localdollars.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" /></span>Michael Schuman's latest book, Local Dollars, Local Sense is valuable for three different groups of readers: sustainability activists seeking to seeking financial support for small locally

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ho_nt-217x300.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="72" height="100" /></span>With July Fourth coming up, you can expect to hear lots of discussion on the left and in the green community about how bad "independence" really is -- no matter how cool you may think the

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/was_a_time_when.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" /></span>The novel describes a future in which humans have evolved into an entirely new species, the Neu-humans.

<p>Svenska Dagbladet, one of the largest newspapers in Sweden, has now made a review of the book Peeking at Peak Oil (read the article in Swedish). In a special note they have compared the predictions that Matt Simmons made for Saudi Arabia and the predictions in the new book Peeking at Peak Oil.</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/urbanfarmhandbookcover.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="89" height="100" /></span>I find it a little ironic that I did not read this until AFTER I'd moved to the country... But you need not live in an urban area for the Urban Farm Handbook to be useful to you.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/Photograph-Tim-Mitchell-440x358.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="81" /></span>You probably need to be naked to read this book with a clear conscience.</p>