Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cost of heating my house and putting food on the table goes up. The price and interest rate for my new fuel-efficient, no-lead-gas-burning car go up, then the availability of that gas is questionable and increased cost of it certain...
Like fast-approaching storm clouds, the consequences of the political turmoil that shut down Iran's oil fields became clearer last week, presaging a period of trouble and uncertainty for Western nations. Higher fuel prices and some scarcities are inevitable in the U.S. President Carter warned that though the situation created by the Iranian cutoff is "not critical" yet, it "certainly could get worse." He said that the difficulties might be manageable if Americans "honor the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, set thermostats no higher than 65° and limit discretionary driving." Otherwise, the President added, "more strenuous action" would...
...already being felt. Exxon and Texaco notified customers that they are reducing deliveries of oil, gasoline and various refined products by as much as 10%. Other oil companies are expected to follow. The companies are also increasing their oil prices by up to 200 per bbl. Shortages of jet fuel have forced American, TWA and other airlines to juggle supplies to keep operating, and last week National reported that fuel shortages forced cancellation of its lightly traveled New York-Amsterdam flights. At the same time a sudden and unexpected lack of bunker fuel delayed ships sailing from some Far Eastern...
Restrictions on strip mining will make it nearly impossible for the nation to meet Carter's goal of doubling production of coal to 1.2 billion tons a year by 1985. Demand for America's most plentiful fossil fuel is also being held down by expensive and rapidly changing regulations on the burning coal. Energy Department has tended to promote the use of coal,while the Environmental Protection Agency has been inclined to retard it. Nuclear power development has slumped. A major reason: complex and long-drawn-out regulatory studies and hearing give vocal minority a devastatingly effective forum...
...chilled water, and possibly electricity to the Med School, the School of Public Health, and related Harvard facilities in the Back Bay area of Boston, Adams said. Despite the large capital expenses, the plant will probably save money in the long run because it consumes 20 per cent less fuel oil than the 70-year-old power plant the University now operates, Adams added...