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What caused the Energy Crisis of 1973?

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oil crisis. The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo.
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It was that OPEC organized a stop to fuel exports in the hopes of raising prices that caused the Energy Crisis of 1973, which led many nations to seek alternative fuels. 
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