017755 07: Unidentified individuals stand with cans to purchase gasoline at a Mobil gas station July 1979 in Suffolk County, NY. In 1977 oil prices went up to more than $20 a barrel in response to increased demand and OPEC's policy of limiting supply which caused long lines at gasoline stations, and for the first time in history gasoline prices exceeded $1 a gallon. (Photo by James Pozarik/Liaison)