I would not pray for gas to be loaded in my car. I would pray for stamina and trust that I can get from point A to point B on my own two feet.  

I have always maintained that if asked, Jesus would still walk. Not drive anything we have today.

As to the Lady and here kids,  So there is another reason we have a messed up society and kids get to do anything they want to do.  

'I have always maintained that if asked, Jesus would still walk. Not drive anything we have today.'

That is actually an interesting thought. The idea of driving himself is one thing, but would he use something powered to spare his feet or go more quickly between two places?

I could certainly imagine Jesus doing that. I doubt he would refuse to use a bicycle, for example, or hopping a ride on the back of a farm tractor or something going between towns.  As for water vessels, obviously he would have no problem, so he would not need to use aircraft for any reason to travel. No idea if Jesus would or would not fly, or use rail though.

The idea of having one of humanity's more persuasive and respected moral teachers return to our current world and then thinking about it, though, would generally be idle distraction. But the question of how such a teacher would travel fits well into much of what is considered here.

What a measure of the difference between two epochs in human existence. And somehow, since peak oil is also essentially about changing epochs, worth a moment to reflect on in those terms alone.