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To: Wayners who wrote (31441)6/18/2004 5:45:28 PM
From: brushwudRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 81568
 
The OIL shortage with gas lines occurred in 1979 and was due to the militant Islamic Revolution in Iran.

The oil shortage with gas lines occurred in 1973 and was due to the continuance of price controls on petroleum after the general wage-price controls instituted in 1971 were lifted.



To: Wayners who wrote (31441)6/18/2004 5:52:39 PM
From: Lizzie TudorRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 81568
 
from Forbes:
Now a number of prominent strategists say the sharp spike in oil prices makes today look eerily like 1973.

So, those "prominent strategists" are merely a cog in the wheel of logic represented by Wayne Van Scoyoc, then?