Terra Nova: The New World After Oil, Cars, and Suburbs

A look at what the American lifestyle has done to the environment-and how to move toward a better future.

In the last century, three powerful forces-oil, cars, and suburbs-buoyed the American dream. Yet now, the quality of life in the United States is declining due to these same three forces. Our dependence on oil is a root cause of wars, recessions, and natural disasters. Cars consume an outsize share of our incomes and force us to squander time in traffic. Meanwhile, expensive, spread-o...