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Gasoline prices are displayed at a gas station on April 12, 2022 in San Mateo County, California. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images))

The long complex history of oil price shocks

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Pumpjacks near the Yamashinskoye rural settlement in the Almetyevsk District. (Yegor AleyevTASS via Getty Images)

The oil shock of 2020 appears to be here — and the pain could be wide and deep

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A picture taken on September 15, 2019 shows an Aramco oil facility near al-Khurj area, just south of the Saudi capital Riyadh. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images)

Attacks on Saudi oil — why didn’t prices go crazy?

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This April 21, 2010, file photo shows a large plume of smoke rising from BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trump offshore drilling plan may be dead in the water, but there are better ways to lead on energy

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Why nuclear fusion is gaining steam — again

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Arctic polar bear and cubs in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Getty/sarkophoto)

Why Americans will never agree on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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