Word: coaling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even if the uranium market has entered a permanent decline, other resources can take its lace. Indian lands still contain 15 percent of the nation's coal and 4 percent of its oil and natural gas. Only by using the geological and environmental experience acquired so painfully in places like Jackpile can the Indians make the most of a treasure the United States never wanted them to have...
...deterred by heavy penalties; electric utility companies could no longer encourage waste of energy with their distorted rate structures and would have to join in a common effort to insulate buildings; higher efficiency of home appliances would be required; gasahol production and car pooling were promoted with tax incentives; coal production and use were stimulated, along with the use of pollution-control devices; and the carefully phased decontrol of natural gas prices would bring predictability to the market, increase exploration for new supplies and reduce waste of this clean-burning fuel. The new bills also included strong encouragement for solar...
...Administration left the country with petroleum inventories at record levels, a natural gas surplus and a fair distribution system for it, more exploration under way for new petroleum than at any time in history and an orderly plan for eliminating unnecessary federal restraints. The rate of growth of domestic coal production doubled, and oil imports and even total consumption dropped rapidly. A substantial portion of the succeeding oil glut was caused by the worldwide shift to more efficient uses of energy and emphasis on fuels other than...
...half miles off the beaches of Santa Barbara County, Calif., near a promontory called Coal Oil Point, two barges and a tug maneuvered a pyramid-shaped contraption into position. Measuring 100 ft. by 100 ft. across its base and weighing 350 tons, the iron monster dangled from two large derricks, one of which had been towed from its home base in Malta. Once the engineers were satisfied that the pyramid was near the right spot, they lowered it by cable, adjusted its position and let it settle onto the bottom, 220 ft. down...
...railroad wheel. Burlington Northern, whose headquarters is in St. Paul, is the country's largest rail system, with 800 trains, but it was running fewer than 200. Only twelve of the 46 Amtrak trains that chug out of Chicago daily were operating, while Armco steel shut down eight coal mines in West Virginia, idling 1,400 workers...