But nothing is anywhere near normal as California's leaders grapple with the state's energy crunch.

It was highest at the end of the Carter administration, when the nation faced a severe energy crunch.

So how are the poor trying to meet the energy crunch?

There is, as well, a piece that Jamison has been working on for weeks, an analysis of what a real energy crunch could do to this area.

Some of them might switch to cars during an energy crunch.

When the energy crunch met the back-to-the-land movement in the 1970's, one of the byproducts was a demand for wood stoves.

Of course, the energy crunch is not exclusively a Republican problem.

There were also claims that the situation could get worse over the summer as the need for air conditioning fuels a further "energy crunch" in Japan.

At one point in the 1970's, it appeared that the energy crunch might bring those counties better economic times.

The inspiration: oil shortages and price rises that would make the energy crunch of the 1970's seem mild by comparison.