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13 Μαΐ 2021 · Some stations illegally sold to regular customers only, while others let nurses and doctors jump the line. Fights broke out, and some station owners began carrying guns for self-protection.
20 Μαΐ 2008 · The record-high price of gasoline is putting a strain on motorists - and spurring some to shift their habits. Here are their stories. View photos. Soaring demand, limited supply and investor ...
30 Αυγ 2010 · By the early 1970s, American oil consumption—in the form of gasoline and other products—was rising even as domestic oil production was declining, leading to an increasing dependence on oil ...
15 Μαρ 2022 · According to Fortune, gas prices hit their record high in 2008 after a decade-long energy crisis spurred by increased demand, decreased supply, financial speculation, and tension in the...
13 Μαΐ 2021 · Nearly a half-century before the Colonial Pipeline outage, two gas shortages in the 1970s shocked the American psyche.
The most famous and impactful shock to the oil economy that’s often spoken about is the energy crisis of the 1970s. OAPEC (the Organization of Arab Petroleum-Exporting Countries) shattered policy-makers’ assumptions about their reliance on American trade, and prices shot up from. $3 to $12 per barrel.
26 Μαΐ 2016 · When Nixon saw that we were reaching our peak of production, he decided to repeal a ban on imports. Between 1970 and 1973, the number of imports doubled—by 1973 we were importing about a third of our oil. But Americans didn’t know any of this, so who do they blame for the crisis?