U.K. Refinery Strike May Lead to a Retread of Media Images

Posted by Tim Hope on 4/25/08 3:44 pm

Get ready for a spillover media effect in the United States should a potential U.K. refinery strike come to pass.  It will be the first such strike in 73 years and could idle about one third of the oil and gas output from the U.K. North Sea oil fields.  Such a strike may result in fuel shortages in Scotland along with the inevitable visual images reminiscent of the American fuel shortage of the early 1970’s.  It would not be surprising if the American media were to seize on the issue in an attempt to drive home the idea of global resource shortages.

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