What Does Exempt Mean, Anyway? Fund Forum Five years have passed since the imposition of new requirements for Exempt Reporting Advisers under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Forty years ago, gas shortage hit hard. Fred Norris remembers well the gas shortage of 1973. He was owner of Norris Brothers BP on Alamance Road in Burlington. It was a mess, Norris said, recalling peoples reactions to not being able to fill the tanks of their beloved Furys, Impalas, LTDs and other big rides.
Best Answer: no, gas rationing took place in 1973 due to the opec embargo placed on western nations that helped or supported the israelis during the yom kippur war. In the early 1980 s (1981 - 1982) there was a *war* with the gasoline. The big oil companies were trying to run the independent businessmen out of business.. and they did it. Truckers were being shot at on interstate highways all over our country by hired *gunmen*... You could only buy gas on certain days due to the number on your license plate.