Forever changed the nation?
Actually, no. What a broad overstatement
Half a century ago, a series of oil crises caused widespread panic and led to profound shifts in U.S. culture
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Something tells me Livia is a little millennial chick who has been force-fed an educational diet of propaganda all her life. She has no clue what she’s talking about.
I remember those long lines, but never any panic..
Actually it did make a huge change, which the article didn’t bother to notice. It was the crack in the armor for the Big 3. They didn’t bother to react to the changing situation, to a demand for better fuel economy in cars, a demand the Japanese companies were prepared to meet. That was the rock that became an avalanche and completely changed the car market in America, and the world.