Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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James M. Kahn Portland...
...years ago, Portland, Ore., Physician Donald Trelstad and his wife Cindy, put a $450 wood-burning stove in the kitchen of their rambling turn-of-the-century home. Last March they spent $2,400 on storm windows. After the installation of a second wood stove this winter, they expect to shut down their old oil furnace for good. Boasts Cindy: "We could afford the oil bills. It's just that we'd rather not give the money to the Arab cartel. We're sort of proud of the fact that we won't burn...
Conservation has become both chic and controversial in Portland, which has perhaps the most far-reaching municipal energy-saving programs in the U.S. The city government has tried to fight fuel waste by discouraging the use of automobiles and by encouraging citizens to weatherize their homes and businesses. The goal is to reduce the city's total energy use by one-third...
...cars off the streets, the city has built an efficient new bus system. The centerpiece is the $15 million, twelve-block-long Portland Mall. Every bus route in the city begins and ends on this spacious thoroughfare, where travelers conveniently change from one coach to another. Since the mall's opening, bus ridership has risen 35%. In 1984 the city will complete a $100 million trolley line between Portland and its eastern suburbs...
...Portland residents who are weatherizing their homes voluntarily, the city has put together an $18 million fund to provide low-interest loans. Local utility companies, which have discovered that it is more economical for them to finance home insulation than to build new power plants to meet higher energy demand, also provide no-interest loans for fuel-saving projects...