When oil prices spiked during the 1967 Oil Embargo, 1973 oil crisis, and 1979 energy crisis, Alberta's economy boomed.

Since the oil shocks of the 1970s, Japan has reduced dependence on petroleum as a source of energy from more than 75 % in 1973 to about 57 % at present.

The 1973 international oil crisis caused Switzerland's energy consumption to decrease from 1973 to 1977.

A year later, world oil prices rose dramatically as a result of the 1973 energy crisis, and skyrocketing revenues enabled Saddam to expand his agenda.

* 1973 oil crisis and 1979 energy crisis

Its initial investment in renewable energy projects was made in 1973 when it financed the development of a geothermal power plant in El Salvador.

This system was irreparably damaged by Britain joining the European Economic Community in 1973, at a time of global economic upheaval regarding energy prices.

The country's economy suffered in the aftermath of the 1973 global energy crisis, the loss of New Zealand's biggest export market upon Britain's entry to the European Economic Community, and rampant inflation.

Following that, the 1970s Energy Crisis ensued which included the 1973 – 75 recession, the 1973 Oil Crisis as well as the 1979 energy crisis beginning as a prelude to a disastrous economic climate injected with stagflation ; the combination between high unemployment and high inflation.

* 1973 — Edward Tryon proposes that the universe may be a large scale quantum mechanical vacuum fluctuation where positive mass-energy is balanced by negative gravitational potential energy

The 1973 oil crisis called attention to the need to consolidate energy policy.

Another long-term bear market occurred from about 1973 to 1982, encompassing the 1970s energy crisis and the high unemployment of the early 1980s.

During the 1973 energy crisis driving was banned on certain weekends.

France is the world-leading country in nuclear energy, home of global energy giants Areva, EDF and GDF Suez: nuclear power now accounts for about 78 % of the country's electricity production, up from only 8 % in 1973, 24 % in 1980, and 75 % in 1990.

However, after the 1973 energy crisis, laws limiting immigration were passed.

Today, earth shelter construction is a rare practice, especially in the U. S. A. During the energy crisis and the 1973 Oil Crisis, along with the back-to-the-land movement, there was a surge of interest in earth shelter / underground home construction in an effort toward self-sufficient living.

However, his popularity suffered from the economic downturn that followed the 1973 energy crisis, marking the end of the " thirty glorious years " after World War II, combined with the official discourse that the " end of the tunnel was near ".

The 1973 petroleum crisis inspired Oberth to look into alternative energy sources, including a plan for a wind power station that could utilize the jet stream.

It started with the world energy crisis triggered by the Yom Kippur War in October 1973, which caused inflationary problems.

The company's compact and economical Renault 5 model, launched in 1972, was another success, particularly in the wake of the 1973 energy crisis.

The 1973 energy crisis caused such a decline in the market for the JS2 that production ceased soon after, and the firm changed its focus to microcars, for example, 1984 moped-powered Ligier JS6.

The SPR was created following the 1973 energy crisis.

* 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into a hostage crisis ; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathise with their captors, leading to the term " Stockholm syndrome ".

The prolonged worldwide boom, beginning in the late 1940s and lasting until the first oil crisis in 1973, was a challenge that Finland met and from which it emerged with a highly sophisticated and diversified economy, including a new occupational structure.

After 1973, Germany was hard hit by a worldwide economic crisis, soaring oil prices, and stubbornly high unemployment, which jumped from 300, 000 in 1973 to 1. 1 million in 1975.

These favorable developments, combined with the presence of a large and cheap labour force, laid the foundation for spectacular economic growth that lasted almost uninterrupted until the " Hot Autumn's " massive strikes and social unrest of 1969-70, which then combined with the later 1973 oil crisis and put an abrupt end to the prolonged boom.

* 1974 – In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.

The oil crisis of 1973 and a slump in export revenues put Zambia in a state of economic crisis.

After the 1973 oil crisis and the subsequent rise in fuel costs, gas turbine locomotives became uneconomical to operate, and many were taken out of service.

These policies, coupled with economic pressures stemming from the 1973 oil crisis, resulted in the rapid collapse of Madagascar's economy and a sharp decline in living standards, and the country had become completely bankrupt by 1979.

Mazda's rotary success continued until the onset of the 1973 oil crisis.

Fraser's economic record was marred by rising unemployment, which reached record levels under his administration, caused in part by the ongoing effects of the 1973 oil crisis.

* 1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis.

* 1973 – The Netherlands experiences the first Car Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis.

The 1973 oil crisis, a series of automobile-related regulatory changes enacted during the 1970s and a change of directors at Volkswagen made the case for a Volkswagen sports car less striking and the 425 project was put on hold.

It was not until the 1973 oil crisis that the country saw rapid growth, and GDP per capita soared by 1, 858 % in the 1970s ( although that growth was concentrated with the ruling elite ).

The major exception to this occurred during the 1973 oil crisis when Saudi Arabia, with the other Arab oil states, used an embargo on oil supplies to pressurize the US to stop supporting Israel.

The 1973 oil crisis meant that large displacement special edition homologation cars of all makes were suddenly sitting unsold.

Between 1973 and 1975 Bonewits was employed as editor of Gnostica magazine in Minnesota ( published by Llewellyn Publications ), established an offshoot group of the RDNA called the Schismatic Druids of North America, and helped create a group called the Hasidic Druids of North America ( despite his lifelong status as a " gentile ").

In 1973, Bench slumped to 25 home runs and 104 RBI, but helped the Reds rally from a 10 1 / 2 game deficit in July to the Los Angeles Dodgers to win a major league-high 99 games and claim another National League West Division.

In the early 1970s Radio Kabul began to broadcast in other languages besides Pashtun which helped to unify those minorities that often felt marginalized, however this was put to a stop with Daoud's revolution in 1973.

The support of the PDP helped to prevent a violent clash in his coup in 1973.

* 1973 – OPEC starts an oil embargo against a number of western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Syria.

In 1973, Paddy Moloney ( of The Chieftains ) and Sean Potts released Tin Whistles, which helped to popularise the tin whistle in particular, and Irish music in general.

The band's 1973 album Atem was named as Album of the Year by British DJ John Peel, and this attention helped Tangerine Dream to sign to the fledgling Virgin Records in the same year.

In the 1970s, Hollings joined with fellow senators Kennedy and Henry M. Jackson in a press conference to oppose President Gerald Ford's request that Congress end Richard Nixon's price controls on domestic oil, which had helped to cause the gasoline lines during the 1973 Oil Crisis.

Following his victory in the 1970 election ( and helped by de Gaulle's fall from power in 1969 ), the new prime minister Edward Heath negotiated Britain ’ s admission to the EC, alongside Denmark and Ireland in 1973.

The 1973 Isle of Man TT was won by Peter Williams on the monocoque-framed Norton John Player Special that he helped design.

Jackson helped the Athletics win the pennant again in 1973, and was named Most Valuable Player of the American League for the season.

The aquarium occupies land at the end of Cannery Row ( once Ocean View Avenue ) in Monterey, at the site of the Hovden Cannery, a sardine cannery that helped to define the character of Monterey from the time it was built in 1916, to the day when it was the last cannery on the Row to close in 1973, after sardine fishing collapsed.

When John Ford ’ s production of Stagecoach pulled into town in 1938 ( a Sedona connection that has eluded historians since the film was made ), it set off three solid decades of A-picture activity — forty-four features through 1973, helped along by the construction of Sedona Lodge, the only permanent boarding and production facility ever built specifically for movie crews on remote location in the United States.

From 1973 until 1983, the group would release a successive string of hit albums and singles on the R & B charts, becoming one of the few successful black groups to successfully cross over into the pop charts due to their mixture of soul, funk and rock thanks to the albums, 3 + 3 and The Heat Is On and also helped pioneer the quiet storm format with a string of ballads on their 1970s and 1980s albums.

Despite his previous affinity with politically and socially-charged lyrical themes, Gaye helped popularize sexual and romance-themed music and funk, while his 1970s recordings, including Let's Get It On ( 1973 ) and I Want You ( 1976 ) helped develop the quiet storm sound and format.

Eshkol faced growing domestic unrest as unemployment reached 12 % in 1966, yet the recession eventually served in healing fundamental economic deficiencies and helped fuel the ensuing recovery of 1967 – 1973.

( 1964 ), The Faith Healer ( 1979 ) and Dancing at Lughnasa ( 1990 ); Tom Murphy's A Whistle In the Dark ( 1961 ) and The Gigli Concert ( 1983 ); and Hugh Leonard's Da ( 1973 ) and A Life ( 1980 ), helped raise the Abbey's international profile through successful runs in the West End in London, and on Broadway in New York City.

In the 1970s, Jackson joined with fellow senators Ernest Hollings and Edward Kennedy in a press conference to oppose President Gerald Ford's request that Congress end Richard Nixon's price controls on domestic oil, which had helped to cause the gasoline lines during the 1973 Oil Crisis.

The Treaty of Moscow ( August 1970 ), the Treaty of Warsaw ( December 1970 ), the Four Power Agreement on Berlin ( September 1971 ), the Transit Agreement ( May 1972 ), and the Basic Treaty ( December 1972 ) helped to normalise relations between East and West Germany and led to both states joining the United Nations, in September 1973.

He helped Colchester to promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1973 – 74, before he moved into non-League football with Romford in 1975, before retiring due to a knee injury.

Montana showed potential as a basketball player and helped Ringgold win the 1973 WPIAL Class AAA boys ' basketball championship while being named an all-state player.

For his role in breaking the scandal, Bernstein received many awards, and his work helped earn the Post a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1973.