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Thoughtful environmentalists see the energy crunch as a potential blessing. They figure that any resolution of the energy problem will go hand-in-hand with a solution to environmental problems. For example, if car pooling becomes popular, it will not only conserve gasoline but will also reduce smog. If ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECOLOGY: Losses--and Gains--for The Environment | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

The predicament of Prime Minister Edward Heath's government last week recalled a World War I cartoon of two British tommies huddled miserably in a crater at the shell-scarred front. "If you know a better 'ole," one says sharply to the other, "go to it." Like the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Heath Looks for a Way Out | 1/28/1974 | See Source »

The reaction among farmers was exemplified in a cartoon by E.A. Harris, which showed a startled rooster rather lamely explaining to a quizzical hen"Nobody told me about Daylight Saving!" Attendance at some churches in New York City was off. Explained the Rev. Frank Walinski of St. Peter's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICANA: Coping with D.S.T. Lag | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

As Britons bundled up in sweaters inside their chill homes and offices and scurried at night through streets that had been curiously darkened, the country last week shifted to a three-day work week in yet another effort to conserve coal supplies and electrical power. The austerity measure, decreed by...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: On a Three-Day Work Week | 1/14/1974 | See Source »

Extended vacations are only one way in which the nation's educators are struggling to conserve scarce and ever-more-expensive fuel. Schools rank relatively low in the national priorities for heating oil and gasoline. So they must husband every ounce if they are to get through the academic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IMPACT: Conserving to Learn | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

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