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...long on the pump?" Mamiya asked...
...general, the very uncertainty of world oil-reserve estimates should reinforce the urgency of Carter's pleas for conservation. No responsible government can base policy on the hope that the most optimistic calculation of world resources is right-and that the technology will develop to pump the oil out at an acceptable price even if it can be found. In embracing a very gloomy estimate of world reserves and production capabilities, Carter may indeed have erred on the side of caution, convinced that that was the safest course for the security of the nation...
...vigorously represents the oil and gas industries of his state, Louisiana. So far, Long has been generally favorable, but he warns that "Carter's greatest difficulty will be with anything that puts a direct tax on the consumer-the tax on gas at the pump...
Pressing Task. That would mean a lowered standard of living for future generations; business would lack the plant capacity either to reach full employment or to fill demand for products without inflation. This does not have to happen, of course; but in order to pump up investment Carter will have to convince businessmen that he can and will hold down inflation now and assure adequate if expensive supplies of energy. It is a pressing task...
...those objections can be overcome, the nation's railroads will have to spend millions rebuilding deteriorated roadbeds to bear the added weight of the coal shipments. One widely touted solution is to use slurry pipelines, which would pump pulverized coal and water to users throughout the country. Fine, but who will supply the water? "This is an extremely arid region," says David Freudenthal, Wyoming's state planning coordinator. "It's not that we are opposed to pipelines, but we are opposed to shipping our water out of state...