Abstract
The political economy of everyday life in the United States is entrenched in a low-density landscape that was developed during a time of -nd is now deeply dependent upon - cheap and abundant fossil fuels. The 2004 documentary film, The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, offers an apocalyptic vision of the near future of the United States as the days of affordable and plentiful petroleum and natural gas come to an end. This article uses the film's cataclysmic imaginings and recommendations for change as a starting point for theorizing the effects of diminishing global energy supplies on the cultural, political, economic, racial, and spatial future of the United States.(A)
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