energy crisis

An energy crisis is the noticeable price increase of energy resources. It usually refers to the shortage of oil. It can also refer to a shortage of electricity or other natural resources.
Barack Obama is working with the E.E.R.E. to help soften the blow of the energy crisis.

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More terrifying that terrorists: the energy crisis.
by BeckerBoy87 April 22, 2009
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