OT: Re: Re: Soon to Dust Off the Bicycle

[Guest guest]

> I remember the gas crisis in the 70's. We had to buy locking gas

> caps because people would siphon gas from cars rather than wait in

> line and pay for it.

> Jeanne in WI

>

> Don't know how many of you are old enough to remember the gas

> crisis of that occurred back in 1973-74, but it was rather

> interesting to my ex-husband and I! We lived in New England at the

> time and the rationing was a big deal. Depending on what your

> license plate numbers were, you were allowed to go on certain days

> to fill your tank. Lines would be very long at most if not all

> stations and at times, those at the end of the line might not get

> gas as there would be no gas left!

Harrrrumph. Yes, I remember it well. Getting up at 5 am to go sit

for 2 hours in a line to get a few gallons of gas. That's why I'm so

absolutely furious over this whole thing. We got the wakeup call

from OPEC in the 70's, and we wasted 30 friggin years when we could

have come up with an alternative to the infernal combustion engine

and viable alternatives for home heating and cooling. But did we?

Noooooooooooo. High-performance cars and gas-guzzlers came back with

a vengeance.

Z (SUV's indeed)