What did the United States do in the early 1970s to resolve the disparity between oil production and consumption? What events caused the sudden oil shortages of the mid1970s and then the return to...

What did the United States do in the early 1970s to resolve the disparity between oil production and consumption? What events caused the sudden oil shortages of the mid1970s and then the return to abundant, but more expensive, supplies? What is the Carter Doctrine, and how does it relate to wars in the Persian Gulf? What is meant by Hubbert’s Peak, and how does it apply to the United States and the world?