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After two decades of prosperity and high population growth, the United States had become vulnerable to its increasing demands for oil. Gasoline consumption was high–85 percent of Americans drove their cars to work. "The basic fact is that the nation's appetite for fuel is enormous. America, with only 6 percent of the world's population, consumes 33 percent of its energy." U.S.News & World Report, Feb. 19, 1973.
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