I was around during the Carter years. Once they totally fouled up the price AND availability of fuel, they claimed we were quickly running out of oil.
Sadly, whatever a speaker says, you have to compare against his or her agenda. I don’t know if there is such a thing as objective truth in the world today.
Yep, high gas prices had people fuming at Carter, but when you had to line up for alternate-day rationing they ran him out of town on a rail.
Is that the time period when the watermelons were doing global freezing?