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There have never been widespread energy shortages in Western countries. The closest we came was the oil shocks of the 70s, and it cost Jimmy Carter a second te
by Victerius 5y ago
There have never been widespread energy shortages in Western countries.
The closest we came was the oil shocks of the 70s, and it cost Jimmy Carter a second term.
- adventured 5y agoJimmy Carter had zero shot at beating Reagan, with or without the oil shocks. Carter and Ford were both extraordinarily weak candidates. Ford was a Bob Dole tier candidate (ie incapable of winning the Presidency in an election), with the Republicans still mired in the consequences of Nixon, and Carter still struggled to beat him in 1976. Reagan's carry of California was a near certainty, and it guaranteed the end of Carter with or without the energy problems. Carter was a weak southern Democrat that couldn't pull Texas and couldn't pull New York - there was nowhere for him to win from, there was no angle of victory.
- iso1210 5y ago3 day week 1973/74 in the UK, I'm sure there were worse energy crises in other countries
- mgbmtl 5y agoFrance had pretty big protests: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests but as an outsider, those protests just seemed like any other day in France :) In the west, at least where I'm from, whether energy or other types of protests, the government usually finds a wedge to split the population into two major groups where in-fighting will exhaust and marginalize protesters. Cutting the Internet only brings more focus on the government.