Word: saves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...letter, "energy may be a separate section in TIME only as long as the current emergency lasts," the need for conserving energy will last for many years to come. "There is considerable waste and," as you also emphasized, "plenty of room for industry and individuals to save energy without significantly lowering the U.S. standard of living...
...domestic and overseas lines plan to cancel 950,000 of the 5,000,000 takeoffs originally scheduled for 1974 and reduce flights by 285 million miles. About 275 planes, more than 10% of the airlines' fleets, will be grounded; Continental Air Lines figures to save 19 million gal. of jet fuel a year just by replacing 747s with DC-10s on its Honolulu runs. Many of the cabin luxuries and ticketing options that passengers have taken for granted will disappear. First class may give way to all-economy seating, and tourist accommodations may become more crowded as cabins...
Consumers are being endlessly lectured these days on how to save energy by turning down thermostats and turning off lights, but they use only 30% of the nation's energy; businesses gulp more than half. Corporate executives have been quite as wasteful as consumers; some experts estimate that as much as 20% of all the energy used by industry could be saved rapidly by more economical use, with little or no loss of productivity. Now, spurred by the scarcity and rising cost of fuel, a growing number of companies are turning to conserving power with the zeal that they...
...energy prices skyrocket, some companies are going further and making capital outlays-some minor, some potentially sizable-to save more fuel. Some plants began investing even before the fuel shortage. Four years ago an RCA Corp. cabinetmaking plant in Monticello, Ind., converted its heating systems to burn 30 to 40 tons of its own waste wood daily. Dow Chemical Corp. has cut steam consumption in half at one of its plants, partly by installing a more efficient heat-transfer process. The investment of $44,000 was offset within a year through lower energy bills. Alcoa has developed a new smelting...
...SETS: A solid-state, black-and-white model will burn $2.75 of power a year, but a comparable color set will consume $10.08 worth. A couple that play Monopoly instead of watching color TV for one hour every night would save $1.67 a year...