The shiite IS hitting the fan! I am also a 60 yo, and ready to spit into the faces, and on the graves, of all those who got us here! This is not the way we learned it in school! This isn't even the same country, as far as I can tell (se habla espanol???)
Last one out the door, hit the switch!
I am not 60. I am 37. The country changed so much in 10 years I also barely recognize it. We don’t need candles though, we have solar wind-up radios and flashlights. Here’s the reality. We as Americans innovate and give the global consumer what it wants and we desperately need and that is energy. Do or die. I have a feeling we will do but believe me, I will have some of the back up plans you suggest during the frenzy of getting there. Someone has to be around to help the less responsible whom will come to their senses through pain.