Let’s step back and get some historical perspective on the defining mood of the early 1970s and the events that prompted the US ban on exporting our crude oil. The video below is from October 17, 1973. In it, NBC’s John Chancellor reports on OPEC’s plan to cut exports of oil to the US

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