Reign of OPEC Continues
January 28, 2009 > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays No Comments |
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National Kazoo Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kaupolena: Ration PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY— Bensin: Gasoline HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “A crab has claws that break off easily.” HAOLE QUOTE OF THE DAY — “Sanity is a cozy lie.” – Susan Sontag
January 28th, 1974: OPEC rears its ugly head in 1973, and by 1974 the flow of oil shrinks to a trickle here on Maui. Several fights break out at pumps statewise, and the state legislature passes new gas rationing rules.If you have a quarter tank of gas in your car — you can’t buy any fuel. You can buy gas on odd days if your plate ends in an odd number, and even days if your place ends in even numbers.
Gas is no longer sold on weekends — period. Not one to take an attack on their gas-guzzling freedoms lightly, Americans fight back with two Gulf wars to protect their access to oil — even at outrageously high prices. One bumper sticker seems to sum up the ignorant attitude Americans have on the subject: “What is their sand doing over our oil?”
