Oil prices generally increased throughout the decade; between 1978 and 1980 the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil increased 250 percent.
The boom came to an end with the oil shocks of the 1970s and government instability during the transition back to democracy after Franco's death in 1975.
The 1970s energy crisis was the impetus for formation of the interim Washington State Energy Office, a precursor to the WSU Extension Energy Program.
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Tom Bender moved west to Oregon, where he served as an energy researcher for Governor Tom McCall during the 1970s energy crisis.