Nows and Forevers

I dimly remember the 1973-74 oil crisis, which led to long lines at the gas pumps and kept us from driving as much. I remember bored in the back seat, wishing for the line to go much longer than it would.

I remember vividly the 1979 oil crisis, the rationing and the long lines at the gas station. When you could get gasoline depended on the last number of your license plate (odd/even different days). My father ditched his amateur-radio license plate because he was tired of arguing with gas-station attendants about the proper time for a plate with a letter instead of a number.

Big difference between then and now? The shale revolution here in the United States.