View Pit Stop page for race #1634 by bigtom — Ghost race
| Official speed | 69.00 wpm (74.26 seconds elapsed during race) |
|---|---|
| Race Start | October 22, 2008 10:40:13pm UTC |
| Race Finish | October 22, 2008 10:41:27pm UTC |
| Outcome | No win (4 of 4) |
| Opponents |
2. glorfindel1975 (78.99 wpm) |
| Points | 0.00 |
| Text | #232 (Length: 427 characters) Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been the world's number one producer of petroleum, American companies determined the global price of oil. In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its inexorable, irreversible decline. The year before, the prerogative of setting the price of crude oil had passed into the hands of a new producer group, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. |