When Oil Gets Expensive, Cities Get Better

Made by humans for humans. No AI voices or generative AI was used in the making of this video. Check out my new public transit travel show, Day Pass, now available on Nebula! https://nebula.tv/daypass?ref=notjustbikes Watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-when-oil-gets-expensive-cities-get-better Sign up to Nebula and support this channel: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Buy a Nebula Gift card (now available with iDEAL!) https://gift.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Mastodon: @[email protected] NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): https://youtube.com/@njblive --- Suggested Videos This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-this-is-why-cycling-is-dangerous-in-america https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPduRHBhHI Highways Almost Destroyed Amsterdam - Plan Jokinen https://nebula.tv/videos/not-just-bikes-highways-almost-destroyed-amsterdam-plan-jokinen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI5pbDFDZyI --- References & Further Reading 2026 Iran war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war What's Going on with Shipping? Hormuz Disruptions, US Navy Escort Plans (or lack of) and Impact on Global Trade | 10 March 2026 https://youtu.be/fOXgrG0Ea44 Trump to Other Counties on Strait of Hormuz: "Go to the Strait and just take it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jnt76qtODlY Joop Den Uyl Addresses the Nation (Oil Crisis, 1973) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dXlMbC0fbo https://eloydegen.com/static/oliecrisis.html Scenes from S&P Global’s CERAWeek 26 | Jeff Currie, CSO of Energy Pathways, Carlyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ2F1HJX4-o Technology Connections You are being misled about renewable energy technology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM Your dishwasher is better than you think (tips, tricks, and how they work) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHP942Livy0 The number of references far exceeds the maximum length that YouTube allows in descriptions, but you can access the full list of references on Nebula or at this link: https://notjustbikes.com/references/expensiveoil.txt Thumbnail photo (Eerste van der Helststraat, 1978) https://archief.amsterdam/beeldbank/detail/0aad26fc-e9bf-e57e-55a5-602f535594d3 This video uses stock footage from Getty Images, Reuters, and other licensed sources. --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:52 The first oil crisis 4:48 Dutch vs American protests 7:19 Changes in the US & Canada 11:13 Two responses to an oil crisis 14:25 Alternatives to oil 15:34 Stop lighting shit on fire 18:16 Suburbia lives off of cheap oil 19:43 A new hope & conclusion 20:41 Day Pass & Nebula --- Corrections 3:02 The embargo started in 1973, not 1972 5:32 Plan Jokinen was proposed in 1967, not 1966