fuel crisis
Pumps running dry
A fuel crisis is a severe shortage of petroleum, natural gas, or other energy sources, typically causing price spikes, rationing, and economic disruption.
The term often evokes the 1970s oil embargoes, when gas stations ran dry and drivers waited in long lines.
More broadly, any sudden scarcity of essential fuel: The war triggered a fuel crisis across Europe.
- oil embargoBan on petroleum exports
- gasolineRefined petroleum vehicle fuel
- shortageDeficient supply of necessities
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- pricesAmounts charged for goods
price gouging · embargo · panic · long lines · pumps · empty tank · lines · gas station · oil · scarcity · inflation · tankers · OPEC · blackout · queues · hoarding · stations · diesel
- crisesemergency, disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe, calamity
- Energy Crisisoil shortage, gas shortage, power outage, rolling blackout, oil embargo
- Postwar BritainAttlee, NHS, National Health Service, rationing, ration books
- UK Scandalsexpenses scandal, phone hacking, Partygate, sleaze, duck house
- classic carsclassic cars, vintage cars, classic automobiles, Model T, Ford Model A
fuel crisisenergy security
Assured access to fuel
energy boom · oil boom · oversupply · energy independence · business as usual
fuel crisiseconomic prosperity
Sustained financial health broadly
market stability · business as usual · economic boom · good times
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