A gas crisis like COVID ⛽

I often dream of an energy crisis like COVID. Quiet roads, people stay home and stay safe because they can’t afford fuel for their cars due to the continuing Middle Eastern Crisis brought on by the lack of leadership by the President.

I remember those days during the height of the COVID Pause in early April 2020 when the roads were mostly quiet and free of traffic. Schools and businesses shuttered. People stayed home, worked remotely. It was nice not hearing the constant mill of traffic. Much less urban air pollution as vast fleets of cars stop running, as people can’t afford to gas up. A deep crisis, an economic shutdown.

This time I would be much better prepared if it came to that with my laptop and VPN set up. Plus I would have my bicycle so despite dramatic cut backs in vehicle use due to excessive gas prices, I could ride my bike to work most days. And if I needed to work from home, I could always use the much more extensive data my phone plan offers, or go down to the library, which would be unlikely to be closed due to high fuel prices.

Even camping, while expensive, would be good during such a crisis, with the woods mostly quiet and free of others, and I could remote work, writing reports from the hammock and taking calls from side of swimming hole, taking breaks to jump into the swimming hole. But maybe I just have too many good memories from the working from the backcountry in summer 2020.