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Carter claimed that his program would ensure that "the American people are not robbed" but would also provide adequate incentives to the oil companies to find new fields and produce more fuel. His plan would tax oil at the wellheads so as to raise retail prices to the world level set by the oil-producing cartel (OPEC). Under the Carter plan, most of the wellhead tax would be rebated to consumers. The oil and gas companies would also like to see domestic oil prices rise to world levels, but they object to the wellhead tax and rebate plan. They want...
...addition to this potential for ecological and human devastation, the problem of nuclear weapons proliferation must be considered: atoms for peace means atoms for war. Reactor fuel and waste can both be used to produce nuclear bombs. Only 17 pounds of plutonium, about the size of a grapefruit, is needed for an atomic device. As the nuclear industry expands, therefore, it increases the risks of nuclear war by making bomb-potential material available to countries with "peaceful" reactors, many of which, including India, Israel, Egypt, South Africa and Brazil, have not signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty...
...Antonio was rudely awakened from what city officials referred to as a "cheap energy drunk." Curtailments of gas forced the city to adopt emergency conservation measures, including converting the city's electrical power generators to higher-cost fuel oil and reducing street lighting. For the past five years, an average of 156 people a day have telephoned or visited the city utility offices asking for some kind of relief or further credit or, at least, that their gas not be shut...
...given it the nickname "the poor man's 747." Before buying it, however, Eastern wants to be certain that the Airbus will match under U.S. operating conditions the economies reported by European airlines. Airbus-Industrie claims that the plane's two huge fan jet engines are terrific fuel conservers, burning approximately 25% less fuel per seat-mile than do the three engines of such competing jets as Lockheed's L-1011 TriStar. Eastern also wants to make sure that spare parts will be freely available across the Atlantic-although parts should not be a major problem. About...
...believe that conservation of energy is the final answer," Hills said. "However, it is necessary as a bridge fuel until alternative sources can be developed. We can come up with new supplies but we can't do it tomorrow," she added...