Word: oils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are also other variables such as energy costs," he said, adding the oil-producing nations were not likely to pay much attention to Carter's guidelines. "If they increase prices tremendously, will we be allowed to pass on the costs?" he said...
...Anwar Sadat dreams of building a shrine on Mount Sinai at which Christians, Jews and Muslims can pray together. And now that Israel has agreed in principle to withdraw, Egyptian planners are busy drawing up ambitious schemes for transforming the Sinai into a rich national asset. In addition to oil exploration, mining and tourism, the government has plans for reclaiming 700,000 acres of land in the northwestern Sinai by piping in water from the Nile...
...U.S.S.R. has no choice. Though the country's coal reserves are the world's largest, they lie mostly in Siberia. Mining this coal is costly; transporting it thousands of miles to the main cities is difficult; burning it in large amounts will cause environmental problems. Oil is not the answer either; the U.S.S.R. is so desperate for hard currency that it sells much of its oil abroad. It is also running low and has resorted to costly tertiary recovery methods in some of its fields. Solar energy, which Americans hope eventually will ease their energy problems...
...break even, and you can't get out of the game." Wiz Composer Charlie Smalls is a gifted comic writer, and soon Nipsey Russell, whose rusty tin man is easily the best characterization of the film, sings an oozy and oleaginous Smalls ballad, Slide Some Oil to Me. To ward the end, awful Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West (Mabel King), rumbles out a menacing hard-rocker, Don't No body Bring Me No Bad News...
...question is whether the bill's conservation measures, which are much weaker than the President wanted, will enable the U.S. to cut oil imports. Two weeks ago, Energy Secretary James Schlesinger estimated that U.S. oil imports will rise 2 million bbl. per day by 1985, to around 10 million bbl., rather than drop 2.5 million bbl., as Carter had pledged. That prospect helped touch off another orgy of dollar selling abroad...