No. Back in the mid and late 1970s, when the OPEC oil cartel was more effective and the Middle East was an arena of instability, gas prices (in real terms, i.e. adjusted for inflation) rose to considerably higher levels.

• 不是，退回到上个世纪70年代中期和晚期，那时欧佩克石油输出组织起着更重要的作用，而中东地区又是一个不稳定的竞技场，汽油价格(按实际比价，也就是把物价上涨的比例考虑进去)涨到了比现在高得多的地步。