Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gasoline need not curtail car sales so long as the cars are small and economical enough. The number of cars owned by each 1,000 Italians multiplied from 18 in 1955 to 188 in 1970. In the U.S., once the initial shock of the gasoline shortage is over and Detroit has completed its conversion to smaller cars (there will always be a limited market for larger cars), motorists may well drive as many miles as the one trillion they logged in 1972, while still significantly reducing total gasoline consumption...
...exceptionally difficult to read, partly because Detroit has only begun to prepare for it, but some forecasts seem safe enough...
Buses cannot roam all over the place either, but they can reach many more points than a rail system can, and Detroit is now moving to upgrade bus transportation. GM, the nation's largest maker of city buses, is spending $32 million redesigning theirs to provide more comfortable seats, a smoother suspension, wider doors and better visibility for both driver and passengers. Chrysler and American Motors both have Government contracts to develop new buses...
...energy crisis is not the only problem perplexing Detroit. Auto executives have been at least as worried about a pollution deadline: by late 1975, say the Clean Air Amendments of 1970, all cars must be virtually pollution free...
Last week Detroit got some extra time; Congress approved a measure that extended both deadlines by one year and authorized the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to delay it for another year if he deems it necessary to do so. The automakers can use the grace period. They have already gone about as far toward cleaning up their cars as they can, without introducing costly new technology. GM, for example, reports that it has reduced emissions of hydrocarbons by 80%, carbon monoxide by 70% and nitrogen oxides by 40% since 1967. Such progress, gained by making adjustments...