Shin, H. (2013) SCI enerugi shohi no rekishi projekuto to Tsuruoka Toyu Saiban Shiryoshitsu [SCI energy consumption history project and Tsuruoka Kerosene Archive], Tsuruoka Kerosene Archive Newsletter vol. 4, p. 3.

This article featured in the newsletter of Tsuruoka Kerosene Case Archive, which houses the historical records of a celebrated consumer movement over household fuel. Immediately after the first Oil Crisis in 1973, consumers in northern Japan faced a serious shortage of kerosene, which was the crucial component of household fuel for heating. This incited a major consumer movement that is now remembered as an early example of energy-related consumer movement in Japan. As one of its case studies, the SCI project on the history of energy consumption is trying to locate this episode in an international context.

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2013