Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. As the population of suburban sprawl has exploded in the past 50 years, so too has the suburban way of life become embedded in the American consciousness. Suburbia, and all it promises, has become the Ameri...$"to reserve our nowadays life style, we may need to fight against China...." 貌似有这么一句 于是教授和同学都齐刷刷地像我看齐。。。。。$页岩油革命打脸了。$回头看从前的纪录片,很有意思。在2004年,“顶点石油”的概念盛行,该纪录片的出现,是对“郊区发展模式”可持续性的质疑。在此片中,各类专家“危言耸听”,“过去一百五十年我们享受廉价的石油,这样的时代可能一去不复返了”。然而就在这部影片出现的时候,阿帕拉契亚盆地和二叠纪盆地,正在向让美国实现能源独立的道路上前行。然而现在人们就好像回到了20世纪30年代,那时候德州的石油比饮用水还要便宜。如今人们认为...$不错$