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Global oil peak and the inevitable decline of fossil fuels are upon us now. Are today’s suburbs destined to become the slums of the future? This is a short version of “The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream,” a documentary about the end of the age of cheap oil.<\/p>\n
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