Now that we have the same situation again, no one mentions anything DOE ever did about it. Of course not. Liberal programs not only don't work, it never occurs to anyone that they should work. Likewise, unlike liberals, I do not automatically hate productive people. So the Administration is going after the oil industry.
Oil makes a great villain.
First of all, it is the only major industry left that is dominated completely by people who are the ideal villains from the point of the view of the media, that is to say, of Eastern liberalism. Let me repeat, I have no doubt that, like any other businessman, an oilman is perfectly capable of gouging the public if he gets a chance. But when there is a fuel shortage, liberals go after the industry because it is the only thing they CAN go after. They can't blame government, because they favor government action, especially price controls and rationing. So all they can do is attack the oil industry as the culprit in all of our energy problems.