But the Dems won again, with Thomas Luken running against not only Nixon, but also gasoline shortages and high unemployment.

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Gasoline shortages started in South Siberia last weekend, where independently owned filling stations stopped selling gasoline because of a lack of fuel.

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Second, he reiterated the need to restore power and alleviate gasoline shortages.

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That led to fuel shortages and gasoline rationing in the region for several days.

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And he did dumb things: imposing price controls on gasoline, which led to shortages and huge waiting lines at gas stations.

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Rolling blackouts were planned across much of Japan and there were concerns about shortages of fuel oil and gasoline.

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Thus, there should not be any shortages in refined oil products such as gasoline from this incident (especially as long as the LOOP remains operational).

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Today we complain about the temporarily high price of gasoline, but at least we don't have the enervating shortages and gas lines of the 1970s.

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The RIN program was designed to meet any shortages of renewable fuels, not to allow oil companies to avoid blending ethanol with gasoline.

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