Sources for “What’s it oil about”

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World War two absorbed all available oil How Important Was Oil in World War II? History News Network – July 2002 http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/339 11/30/2015
Nylon production was diverted to the war effort 1939 Nylon Dupont – Undated http://www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/1939_c_detail.html#more 11/30/2015
US Petroleum War Council National Petroleum Council: Origin and Operations NPC – undated http://www.npc.org/background.html 11/30/2015
UK rationing Petrol rationing in 1940s and 1950s Britain 1900s.org – undated http://www.1900s.org.uk/1940s50s-petrol-rationing.htm 11/30/2015
US rationing World War II Rationing on the U.S. Homefront Ames Historical Society – undated http://www.ameshistory.org/exhibits/events/rationing.htm 11/30/2015
Ernest Bevin quote Hansard is an edited record of Parliamentary events Hansard -21 June 1944 Commons Sitting http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1944/jun/21/employment-policy 11/30/2015
UK Employment Policy Hansard is an edited record of Parliamentary events Hansard -05 July 1944 Commons Sitting http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1944/jul/05/employment-policy 11/30/2015
We consumed five times as much oil at the start of the seventies, as at the end of the war, but oil prices did not grow and historic consumption and prices BP statistical review of world energy BP – 2015 http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html 11/30/2015
The history of oil companies A Brief History Of Major Oil Companies In The Gulf Region University of Virginia – undated http://www.virginia.edu/igpr/APAG/apagoilhistory.html 11/30/2015
What is the OAPEC About: Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries [OAPEC] OAPEC – undated http://www.oapecorg.org/Home/About-Us/History 11/30/2015
What is the OPEC About: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries [OPEC] OPEC – undated http://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/17.htm 11/30/2015
Shah of Iran quote The Shah of Iran: An Interview with Mohammad Reza Pahlevi New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/92745/shah-iran-mohammad-reza-pahlevi-oriana-fallaci 12/29/2015
1973 Arab-Israeli war Strategic Geography and the Changing Middle East Geoffrey Kemp and Robert Harkavy; 1977 Brookings Institute Press http://acc.teachmideast.org/texts.php?module_id=4&reading_id=120&sequence=21 11/30/2015
Arab members of OPEC raised prices by 70% and placed an embargo on the US 1973-74 Oil Crisis University of Californian, Berkeley – Mar 2011 http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/debt/oilcrisis.html 11/30/2015
UK effects of the oil shock The 1973 – 1975 Energy Crisis and Its Impact on Transport The RAC Foundation – Oct 2009 http://www.racfoundation.org/assets/rac_foundation/content/downloadables/energy%20crisis%20-%20parish%20-%20161009%20-%20report.pdf 11/30/2015
American government fixed the price of oil Petroluem chronology of events 1970 – 2000 EIA – undated http://www.eia.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/analysis_publications/chronology/petroleumchronology2000.htm 11/30/2015
Stagflation explantion Investopedia Website – undated http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stagflation.asp 11/30/2015
1979 oil shock The Second Shock: The Great Panic Pennsilvania State University – undated https://www.e-education.psu.edu/egee120/node/292 11/30/2015
Historic oil consumption Energy Transitions, History, Requirements and Prospects by Vacil Smil Vacil Smil, Praeger Publishers, May 2010 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Energy-Transitions-History-Requirements-Prospects-ebook/dp/B004HO57NA/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1400512392&sr=8-12&keywords=VACLAV+SMIL 11/30/2015
What is the Strategic Oil Reserve Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fact Sheet Institute for Energy Research – 2012 http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/SPR-Fact-Sheet.pdf 11/30/2015