Kunstlercast interview

[ecosophia]

Me and fellow peak oil pundit James Howard Kunstler spending an hour talking about a recent Ecosophia post of mine, Hate is the New Sex, and much more! Listen to it here.

Comments

Many thanks for this!

[ferngladefarm.blogspot.com.au]

Hi JMG,

Many thanks for this. I love a good podcast and you two always have something interesting to say.

The rain is absolutely belting down here. It is very dark outside with thick clouds scudding low along the sky. And the rain is torrential. The usual gentle winter rain has disappeared this year and been replaced with the sort that you'd normally expect in spring. I wonder what the summer will hold in store down here?

Cheers

Chris

[jjensenii]

Always a pleasure to hear my favorite archdruid and my favorite curmudgeonly social commentator join forces to break through the self-referential haze that hangs over our culture.

One note: it's clear from the lack of "I told you so," following the comment about armbands with ancient symbols of peace on them that this was recorded prior to this past weekend. A shame, really, since I would have loved to have heard the two of you discuss how far this goes from here.

Ah, well. I'll content myself with bringing it up next week on the open post. Probably along with everyone else.

JHK discussion

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks, great discussion. I don't think I have ever heard JHK at a loss for words before.

[(Anonymous)]

Not sure if you noticed, but Kunstler has your blog called ecosophilia on the description to the podcast. As a fan of your blog does that makes me an ecosophiliac?, haha!

Dean Smith

[malo14]

Always enjoy listening to and JHK riff on a subject.It can be funny what sometimes catches a person's ear, and when you said "the university experience" mine perked right up.
Few years ago, the local university built a new student "fitness and recreation"
center. The exterior of the building itself would make it a candidate for one of JHK's "Eyesores of the Month", although it probably would not win--not quite that ugly. ;-)But the offerings inside blow every private health center in the city out of the water. The indoor pool area could probably rival some decent spas. All sorts of xeriscaping and water catchment landscaping surrounding it, because well,the displaced water has to go somewhere.
We sure didn't have anything like that when I went to school there in the 70s.
But the building may make for some decent salvage some decades down the road. I find myself looking at buildings that way now---what will still be used as a viable structure, and what will be salvage? The only buildings on campus I figure will be usable are in the original core, all built prior to 1930. New fitness center? Salvage.

Thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for this conversation. I read both blogs and enjoyed hearing the two of you together.

Fossil Fuel EROI

[(Anonymous)]

Unrelated, but something you've been saying for years is finally mainstream!

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800915303815

[(Anonymous)]

I'm reading Twilight's Last Gleaming, and wonder to whom to direct suggestions for editorial corrections in future editions?

Michelle in MA

[ecosophia]

Sales have been modest enough that I don't know if there will ever be a future edition. I know there are an assortment of typos and editos; if sales ever pick up to the point that a future edition becomes likely, I'll put out a call here and elsewhere for corrections.

Circles of Power

[(Anonymous)]

I apologize for the off topic question, but I am currently reading Circles of Power and I was wondering the source of your evocation circle example. I've put a lot of hours into making one and I'd like to hear more about it. Was it your own creation?

Re: Circles of Power

[ecosophia]

Indeed it was. One of the points of the book is that there's room for creative innovation in magic! Thus I worked out the basic principles behind evocation circles, and created a new one as an example.