Colonial shutdown shows how Americans pay the price of efficiency
Colonial shutdown shows how Americans pay the price of efficiency Will Englund © Dustin Chambers for The Washington Post Cars line up at a Costco in Sharpsburg, Ga., as demand for gasoline surges following the cyberattack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline. The drivers stuck in gas lines after the Colonial Pipeline shutdown, the Texans freezing in their homes after the February grid collapse, the Californians sweltering through their own power failures last summer — all were paying the unintended and unexpected price of efficiency. The market-driven energy sector h...