At issue is a dearth of electrical components and zealous inventory management policies, which industry insiders say will limit supplies of smartphones, MP3 players, game consoles and televisions this holiday season.

FORBES: How Apple Will Avoid The Holiday Gadget Crunch

The Department of Energy is releasing supplies from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to limit disruptions of supplies to oil refineries, which "will help take some pressure off of gas prices, " and the Environmental Protection Agency has waived rules requiring low-pollution blends in some areas in order to increase availability of gas and diesel, he said.

CNN: Bush tells victims: 'A lot of help coming'

Mane's death allowed the then-President of Guinea-Bissau, Koumba Yala, to align himself more closely with the Senegalese government and limit the military supplies.

BBC: Senegalese soldiers

Department of Energy is approving loans from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to limit disruptions in crude supplies for refineries.

CNN: Bush: 'First priority is to save lives'

But the absence of reliable power supplies in all but a couple of cities will probably limit the take-up.

ECONOMIST: The country goes phone-crazy

If environmental paranoiacs can convince politicians to limit or ban the use of controversial hydraulic fracturing techniques required to drill up shale plays, then those excess gas supplies could quickly disappear and prices would soar.

FORBES: To Import Less Oil, U.S. Must Export More Gas