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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Schlesinger hastened to make amends, and succeeded in getting still more deeply mired. He conceded that the dispute over the proper balance between crude stocks and refinery runs is a legitimate difference of opinion, and he softened the threat to take crude away from refiners who do not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Great Energy Mess | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

Says one congressional leader: "They are in a mood to do something, and they don't give a damn what it is. If they thought the Lord's Prayer dealt with energy, they would probably re-enact it. If they thought it did not apply to energy, they would probably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Great Energy Mess | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

¶ A consensus is building behind the idea of setting up a Government funding for a crash effort to produce synthetic fuels in the U.S., even if other nations will not go along. A House education and labor subcommittee last week approved a synthetic-fuels bill, blandly ignoring the fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Great Energy Mess | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

The immediate necessity is to set firm priorities for gasoline, diesel fuel and heating oil production, devise a more effective allocation system for distributing them, and enact a stand-by gas-rationing plan. Those steps will not increase overall supply, but they might calm the panic buying that is turning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Great Energy Mess | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

The strike was as spotty and as disorganized as the independent truckers, who own their rigs and are fiercely proud of going it alone, but the action was damaging enough. Pickets closed giant fuel terminals in Niles, Mich., cutting off deliveries of gasoline and diesel fuel to southwestern Michigan and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: One Hellacious Uproar | 7/2/1979 | See Source »

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