Exciting looking building somewhere in Connecticut. I have a lot of tiresome posts about the romantic qualities of  decaying industrial architecture. At what point does the decay drive the neighborhood absolutely crazy? And what lies beneath? A stew of toxins, heavy metals, strange mutated plants and weeds in the sick garden of a decayed landscape.

I'm feeling pessimistic because there are a lot economists and politicians out there who believe that our energy problems will be solved by magic. This attitude is deeply disturbing. I wonder where the first crack will be and how wide it will have to be before we all notice it? What country will it hit first?