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trade for weeks or months at a time. Strategic reserves will be tapped. The government will com-
mandeer supplies for the military and police. One way or another, you'll be using much less gas-
oline than you do today. How will your food be grown and transported? How will you get around?
Will your job still exist? How will your community function?
Visualizing gasoline won't make more of it magically appear. But understanding the extent of
our dependence on it helps us address our vulnerability to the inevitable process of depletion. Ima-
gining a world without gasoline could be a useful first step in preparing for a future that's coming
at us, whether we're ready or not.
— MAY 2012
