Word: gasless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first three months of 1974 are based on so-called worst-case assumptions. These include a steady climb in demand, a cold winter and a cutback in Canadian oil exports to the U.S. So far, energy experts note, none of these dire fears have actually come true. In addition, gasless Sundays and other conservation measures outlined by the President two weeks ago could cut deeply into fuel consumption. These measures, coupled with an encouraging shift from oil to coal by several utility companies, lead some Federal officials to feel that the shortfall could be cut to 2.6 million...
...energy pinch so far has been an abstract thing for most Americans, more future threat than present trouble. Last week, for a growing number, the crisis brought real pain. Shortage-caused layoffs spread into the auto, electronics, rubber and aluminum industries. Traveling was rapidly becoming a nightmare because of gasless Sundays, airline flight cancellations and, most spectacularly, a series of highway blockades in the East, Midwest and South staged by owner-drivers of heavy trailer trucks...
INSURERS may well consider gasless Sundays a blessing; the resulting drop in weekend driving will reduce their heavy burden of accident claims...