Word: 1980s
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent book, The Energy Crisis (Crown; $5.95), by Lawrence Rocks and Richard P. Runyon, both professors at Long Island's C.W. Post College. Unless the U.S. takes serious measures to find new sources of energy, the authors warn, such massive turmoil could occur in the U.S. by the 1980s. While the apocalyptic view of Rocks and Runyon is exaggerated, talk about an energy crisis is more than hyperbole...
...various stages of planning or construction in the U.S. But almost all are conventional water-cooled reactors fueled by uranium 235, a rare isotope of uranium that is becoming increasingly difficult to mine and process economically. To avoid a uranium "crunch," President Nixon has ordered development by the 1980s of a new type of reactor called the fast-breeder, a name derived from its unique capability: during the chain reaction, surplus neutrons from the atoms of U-235 in its core bombard a surrounding blanket of U-238, a much more plentiful but nonfissionable form of uranium, and transmute large...
Some news for the 1980s: Two Saudi Arabian princes have just joined the board of directors of General Motors, in which they are major shareholders. The Kuwait Investment Co. is erecting a chain of "Arabian Nights" motels across the U.S. The Sheik of Abu Dhabi has bought a 30% interest in the Columbia Broadcasting System, to add to a communications empire that already includes the Washington Star-News and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The White House issues a statement welcoming the huge investments by "our Arab allies" as a way of stopping the dollar drain ("If they cause us trouble," adds...
...sharp rise in prices and the increase in Arab ownership come at a time when the nation's reliance on oil from the Middle East is expected to increase dramatically: from 7% of total U.S. consumption today to as much as 50% by the 1980s. President Nixon is said to be convinced, however, that the U.S. must not allow itself to become so dependent on such a distant and unstable region. In his forthcoming message to Congress on the energy crisis, he is expected to ask for funds to develop other sources of energy-coal, shale-oil deposits, chemical...
...photochemical oxidants-all of which come mainly from cars. Detroit is already working to cut these emissions sharply, but even if the automakers develop highly effective antipollution devices by 1975, there will still be so many old cars on the road that the problem will last until the mid-1980s. In 28 auto-jammed metropolitan areas with 30% of the U.S. population, therefore, the law's mandate is painfully simple: local officials must figure out ways to restrict the use of the car. After their "transportation strategies" are announced, citizens can express their views in public hearings. After that...