The Going

This story has been accepted into a post-peak anthology - After Oil: SF Visions Of A Post-Petroleum World, edited by John Michael Greer and published by Founders House Publishing (http://www.foundershousepublishing.com/)You can buy the book at: http://www.amazon.com/After-Oil-Visions-Post-Petroleum-World/dp/0984376453/ref=pd_rhf_gw_p_t_2; thanks to all who posted feedback and helped me polish it!