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Here are some interesting articles that landed in my inbox this morning. You know I'm interested in oil reserves and how the future costs of energy will be affecting our lives.

Here is an excerpt and the link...

"The American public has no idea how over all that is. The bottom is falling out under not only the housing market (as in houses up for sale) but on the whole apparatus for delivering future houses, and the car-oriented crap associated with it. The production home-builders, such as Toll Brothers, Hovanian, Pulte, et cetera are going down and they will not be coming back. There will be a great deal of wishing that they might come back, but they won't. Likewise, the commercial builders of all the various forms of suburban retail will be waiting to "turn the corner." But they will discover that the wall they have hit has no corner. It's just a wall. For anyone who wonders how much we do not need anymore retail space in America, have a look at this chart showing the comparative amount of retail square-footage allotted for citizens of each nation: "

and this one...

"Energy will be one of the two or three defining issues we’ll face over the next decade. Since post-1999, we’ve essentially been in a crisis mode."...

And this Globe and Mail article on water...(ever since I visited Vancouver I love reading the Canadian papers)

The Dehydrated States of America

"Part of problem is economic. Developers press local councils relentlessly to grant zoning exemptions for new subdivisions and condominiums, and both local and state politicians are instinctively averse to limiting growth for the sake of something as intangible as future water availability. Some developers even get away with what are known as "wildcat subdivisions," built in defiance of local authorities through clever exploitation of legal loopholes."

And finally This in today's Star...

Suppliers setting up water cutbacks

"San Diego County water suppliers said they are preparing for winter water cutbacks to agricultural customers. Southern California's main water supplier, the Metropolitan Water District, told member agencies last week to plan for the cuts. San Diego officials said supply cuts of at least 30 percent could go into effect in January, barring exceptional weather before then.
"This could be the beginning of a long-term shift" in county water resources, Gary Arant, general manager at Valley Center Municipal Water District, a rural area in north San Diego County, said Monday."

What does all this mean to us? I'd say conserving our resources is going to be pretty important. And, we need to pull together as a community.