Word: savingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...become a commonplace that America has scarcely begun to conserve. Small, voluntary steps can add up to major savings. A driver can save about 5% of the gas he normally uses by keeping his tires properly inflated and another 10% by keeping his engine in tune. A householder can save 15% on his heating bill, and 7.5% on his air-conditioning bill, simply by keeping his storm windows on all year...
Unfortunately, Carter and his confreres are unlikely to form anything resembling a tough united front to bargain with OPEC. Diplomats drawing up proposals for the meeting have simply been unable to devise measures that could both win agreement and save on oil bills without cutting economic growth severely...
...keep their loads down to the Iron Curtain level, and they lose money in the process. The Federal Highway Administration last week asked the Governors of the nine states to waive their limits for 90 days. If that is done, operators could increase their loads by 10% and save 25 million gal. of fuel a month, according to the estimates of the American Trucking Associations, the lobby for the major companies...
...quiet the striking truckers, President Carter met with Senator Edward Kennedy last week at the White House to announce their joint sponsorship of a sweeping new plan to deregulate the trucking industry. The Government would stop regulating rates, freight and entry requirements, steps that the Administration estimates would save the public $5 billion a year in shipping costs. In a report sent to Congress, Carter attacked the present system, which puts the independents at a competitive disadvantage. "Collective rate making, commonly known as price fixing, is normally a felony," he wrote. "But the trucking industry has enjoyed a special exemption...
That White House installation may not be the best of models, though. It will be used mainly to heat water for the staff mess kitchen and will save an estimated $1,000 worth of fuel annually...