A total blockade of the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating Middle East geopolitical conflict has threatened to choke global energy supplies and spike petroleum prices worldwide. Back in Baja, however, the only supply chain disruption anyone actually cares about is whether the Pemex in Todos Santos has regular unleaded or if the delivery truck got stuck in the wash again. Expats hoarding gold reserves to hedge macroeconomic uncertainty were politely asked to stop trying to use bullion to pay for fish tacos at Shaka's.