Gas Lines During the 1973 Oil Crisis
Energy--United States
Gas lines in Maryland during the 1973 Oil Crisis, which began in October when member state of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) initiated an oil embargo on the United States. The embargo began in response to American involvement in the Yom Kippur War between Israel and various other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The crisis resulted in a gasoline shortage and a spike in prices. Filling stations across the country experienced long lines as people scrambled for gas. The embargo also had a substantial effect on the gas turbine market.
Leffler, Warren K.
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph by Warren K. Leffler, June 15, 1979: <a href="http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.03433" target="_blank">item 03433</a>, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Jaeger, Harry L.
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eng
Still Image
Maryland
Forty-Five Years of U.S. Gas Turbine Sales Data
Energy--United States
A chart showing 45 years of the gas turbine market in the United States. The chart begins with the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965, which accelerated the growth of electric utility market for gas turbines in the United States. Later events, most notably the 1973 Arab-Israeli War (also known as the Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War, or October War), followed by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OAPEC) oil embargo and the U.S. Fuel Use Act (FUA) of 1978, caused a steep decline in the industry. A strong recovery followed with the rise of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) cogeneration market under the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in <em>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Mississippi</em> (1982).
Original chart: <a href="http://www.gasturbineworld.com/" target="_blank"><em>Gas Turbine World</em></a>, May-June 2011: Private Collection of Harry L. Jaeger.
<a href="http://www.gasturbineworld.com/" target="_blank"><em>Gas Turbine World</em></a>
Jaeger, Harry L.
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Dataset
Westinghouse Power Generation Business Unit, Orlando, Florida