According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2002, there were 117,100 gas service stations in the U.S., of which 84,700 had convenience stores. That is just a bit lower than the number of grocery stores in the US (169,414 - http://www.manta.com/mb_34_B619B_000/grocery_stores).
As we enter peak oil, and the already decreasing use of automobiles (In March, Americans drove 11 billion fewer miles on public roads than in the same month the previous year, a 4.3 percent decrease — the sharpest one-month drop since the Federal Highway Administration began keeping records in 1942. from NYC see April 24th blog post below). What will become of our gas stations? Or what is the new infrastructure of energy going to look like, or how could it utilized the existing grid of our antiquated service stations? Hydrogen, solar....electric?
Outside of depots for transportation, how can this matrix of "energy centers" provide human energy? Growing stations? Water stations? fruit and vegetables? greenhouses?
Convenience stores for calories and not CO2!
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