the oil crisis in English

drastic rise in oil prices, shortage of oil

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1. The oil crisis pushed West European car buyers away from larger, less economical cars.

2. A renewed interest in wave energy was motivated by the oil crisis in 1973.

3. The oil crisis of 1973 tripled gasoline prices and made the manufacture of plastic more expensive.

4. Likewise , the oil crisis of the 1970s gave the development of ethanol in Brazil a major boost .

5. 29 By midsummer 19 all attempts to negotiate a settlement of the oil crisis had foundered on Mossadeqs stubbornness.

6. The only notable small hatchbacks built in Western Europe before the oil crisis were the Peugeot 104, Renault 5 and Fiat 127.

7. The oil crisis sent a signal to the auto industry globally, which changed many aspects of production and usage for decades to come.

8. There's this large, consolidated farming that's led to what we eat in America, and it's really been since around 1980, after the oil crisis, when, you know -- mass consolidation, mass exodus of small farmers in this country.