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Originally Posted by JMintzer
We shouldn't have to worry about the Saudis now...
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in 1973, there was an oil embargo imposed by members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries this led to fuel shortages and sky-high prices, people had to wait on long lines. In some states, consumers could only purchase gas every other day, based on whether the last digit of their license plate numbers was even or odd. The gasoline shortage also led to fears that heating oil might be in short supply through the 1979-1980 winter. Russia is more or less doing the same thing now.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't want to see this country bend the knee every time some country deicides to cut off the spigot. Electrification just might be our way to independence.