Description: Interview with vice president of Society for Commercial Archeology, Arthur Krim, on significance of Citgo sign in Kenmore Square. Its neon display was shut off by the state as an energy conservation measure. Close-up of the sign. They shoot cutaways. Several takes of reporter standup. Kenmore Square environs.
Description: Construction workers drive their heavy equipment to State House to rally for gasoline tax hike to boost their industry. Cement mixer. Truck horns blaring. sound effects.
Description: Sen. Carol Amick leads call for boycott of Exxon in protest of Valdez oil spill. Exxon gas station in rain, pumps, filling tank. PC with boycott signs.
Description: Iraq Kuwait conflict resulted in instant oil price increases. Comparison to 70s energy crisis and long gas station lines. Joseph Kennedy, Michael Barrett, Edward Markey, Paul Gromer on conservation.