since. just look what happened after opec decided to put an embargo on the united states during the arab-israeli war in 1973. >> this winter, americans waited in line for gasoline. they considered fuel and turned off lights. the paid more for oil, fuel, food. some of them lost their jobs. >> then, 1979, prices at the pump were again, when iranian oil production dropped after the iranian revolution, and opec almost tripled oil prices. of course, the fallout knocked jimmy carter right out of the white house. american presidents have been bedeviled by opec ever since, until now. because to quote former congressional adviser, joe biden just broke opec. and he did that through a truly incredible bit of oil market trading. here is how the economist describes it. in 2022, when he released 180 million barrels of crude, he