Last Updated on June 30, 2025 by Matt Staff The 1970s oil crisis hit everyone with the gravity of an empty-tank warning light ...

In 1973, the world experienced a major turning point in automotive history. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to tighten the flow of oil to the United States, triggering ...

Pushing a car to a Boston gas station in 1973. Photo: Spencer Grant/Getty Images. ... By 1973, on the eve of the crisis, total oil imports had reached 34% of consumption, ...

The year 1973 was full of change and entirely groovy. The U.S. pulled out of Vietnam, Roe v. Wade shook up the courts, and ...

Fifty years after the 1973 Arab oil embargo, the current crisis in the Middle East has the potential to disrupt global oil supplies and push prices higher. But don't expect a repeat of the ...

Lessons from the 1970s Energy Crisis Can Help Prevent the Next One The gas shortage of a half-century ago still has U.S. politicians chasing the chimera of energy independence.

The second Gas Crisis landed on American shores in 1978, but this time, General Motors had an ace up their sleeve, or so they thought. At the time, diesel was much cheaper than regular gas ...

An ad from The Independence Examiner 100 years ago this week. From The Examiner during the week of June 4-9, 1973. “GAS SHORTAGE DOESN’T CONCERN VISITORS HERE” – The gas shortage ...