Word: carly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...able to live the same again," says Robert Chess, a machine repairman of Clackamas, Ore. "I'm going to have to change my life-style." Paula Johnson, a suburban Atlanta housewife, has already moved her mother to a nursing home closer to her house, shifted to a smaller car and begun insulating her home. "I'm quite willing to cut down my heat," says Philadelphia Personnel Manager June Rosato. "Shivering a little is the least I can do for my country...
...there are many Americans who either cannot or will not alter their car-driving habits, suggesting that the cost of gasoline will not, alone, much reduce consumption. "My driving is out of necessity," says Diana Brown, a Portland, Ore., bookkeeper and secretary. "My reasons aren't going to change just because it costs me a nickel a gallon more to get there...
...GUZZLERS AND SIPPERS. Washington will penalize buyers of gas-thirsty cars and reward purchasers of fuel-efficient autos, through a complex formula of excise taxes and rebates keyed to gas mileage. For example, in 1978 a $449 tax would be slapped on autos achieving 12 m.p.g.; by 1985 the tax would rocket to $2,488. By contrast, in 1978 a buyer of a car getting 39 m.p.g. would receive a rebate of $473; by 1985 the rebate would rise slightly...
Some other, possibly euphoric, examples of the effect on consumers of Carter's energy proposals: the President himself calculated that if his stand-by gasoline tax rises to 25? a gal., a family of four driving 10,000 miles a year in a car that gets 27 m.p g. would pay $91 more a year for gas, but would get back $500 in income tax credits. A homeowner who puts in $2,200 worth of insulation theoretically can pick up a $410 tax credit free. If Carter's program passes, the homeowner can arrange financing through his utility...
...gasoline bills are enormous. Mrs. Gibson averages $55 a month for her 1976 Chevrolet Chevelle sedan, which gets 16 miles to the gallon. Her husband spends double that for his 12 m.p.g. Mercedes, which he uses for commuting. John Schmeltzer, editor of the local Suburban Trib, believes that car-buying, if not car-driving, habits are slowly changing. Says he: "People have come down from the huge Cadillacs to Buicks or Oldsmobiles, from a Marquis Brougham to just a Marquis...