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...leased for exploitation: two each in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Each tract will comprise only 5,120 acres. But the two richest parcels-those in Colorado -contain nearly as much potential oil (some 9 billion bbl.) as that located by the great strike on Alaska's North Slope...
...Senate and House whizzed through a long-delayed bill, which the President signed, to lay a pipeline across 789 miles of tundra, mountains and rivers between Alaska's North Slope oilfields and the warm-water port of Valdez. The pipe will pump some 2,000,000 bbl. per day-about 11 % of the nation's current needs. Though the line will be constructed on a hurry-up basis at a cost of $4.5 billion, it will still not be in operation until 1977, if then. In taking the action, Congress brushed aside longstanding objections by environmentalists, who argue...
...than at 70 m.p.h. Smaller cars have saved as much as 30% by driving at 50 m.p.h. rather than 70 m.p.h. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the nation would conserve 2,100,000 bbl. of oil daily-more than the anticipated daily production of Alaska's North Slope-if the average weight of U.S. cars was reduced from 3,500 Ibs. to 2,500 Ibs. The EPA has also rated 1974 models for economy. The most efficient automobiles in some different weight categories...
Some of the best tales and legends about Mt. Adams are found in the visitors' log book at Crag's Camp--a Randolph Mountain Club Cabin just below the timberline on the Western slope of the mountain. The small cabin is reachable only by foot and is perched on a crag which drops 1000 ft. into King Ravine. A caretaker lives at Crag's in the summer, but in the winter it is unoccupied. But the Mountain Club leaves it unlocked for winter climbers, asking only that they leave $1 for the use of the wooden bunks, potbelly stove...
...possible oil spills. Even if all opposition vanished, it would take three to five years to find and drill new wells offshore. A surer way to expand domestic sources would be for Congress to finally approve the Alaska pipeline bill, enabling the nation to tap the rich North Slope fields, which are believed to have at least 50 billion bbl. of recoverable oil. If the pipeline were in operation today, it could be supplying 11% of the nation's needs. As matters stand, it will take five years to build...