As I came about a little under ten years after the 1973 oil crisis, this week has been a rare glimpse into what it must have been like to watch lines que at gas stations, with many simply shutting off their pumps. The Nashville Gas Crisis of 2008 is largely a logistical bottleneck, but it exposes just how sensitive our daily routines can be to outside pressures.
So for the next few days, we are carpooling.