shortages, May 3, 1979 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.) As the 50 th anniversary of the first major oil crisis approaches next month, it is important to understand ...
The situation was only made worse by the 1979 oil crisis, which was kicked off by the Iranian revolution and caused an energy debacle around the world. That year, Carter gave his infamous ...
It has been 50 years since the Arab oil embargo and the ensuing crisis, which broke in October ... got bumpier with the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The last best hope was for coal and under ...