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energy crisis en · NOUN
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An economic problem caused by a dwindling supply of energy, at an increasing price.
Tonight I want to have an unpleasant talk with you about a problem unprecedented in our history. With the exception of preventing war, this is the greatest challenge our country will face during our lifetimes. The energy crisis has not yet overwhelmed us, but it will if we do not act quickly.
1977 April 18, Jimmy Carter, President's Address to the Nation on Proposed National Energy Policy:
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