Both the oil embargo of 1973 and the oil shock of 1979 showed the United States that
it was easier to get oil from OPEC than to produce oil at home.
the government needed to be less dependent on foreign oil production.
the government could not get enough oil from OPEC or oil-producing countries.
the government needed to start exploring alternate sources of energy.

The crisis was compounded when oil-rich nations in the Middle East declared ... But not in the 1970s. ... enough to get Nixon reelected in 1972) but did nothing to address the tangled ... the United States also has worked to reduce its dependence on foreign oil ... OPEC in the 70s accounted for around 60% of oil produced.

Explanation:

the dissolution of the soviet union[a] occurred on december 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the republics of the soviet union. it was a result of the declaration number 142-н of the supreme soviet of the soviet union.[1] the declaration acknowledged the independence of the former soviet republics and created the commonwealth of independent states (cis), although five of the signatories ratified it much later or did not do so at all. on the previous day, december 25, soviet president mikhail gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the soviet union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers – including control of the soviet nuclear missile launching codes – to russian president boris yeltsin. that evening at 7: 32 p.m., the soviet flag was lowered from the kremlin for the last time and replaced with the pre-revolutionary russian flag.[2]

previously, from august to december, all the individual republics, including russia itself, had either seceded from the union or at the very least denounced the treaty on the creation of the ussr. the week before formal dissolution, 11 republics signed the alma-ata protocol formally establishing the cis and declaring that the ussr had ceased to exist.[3][4] both the revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the ussr also marked the end of the cold war.

several of the former soviet republics have retained close links with the russian federation and formed multilateral organizations such as the commonwealth of independent states, eurasian economic community, the union state, the eurasian customs union, and the eurasian economic union to enhance economic and security cooperation. on the other hand, the baltic states have joined nato and th