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Perez also fears that the spurt in oil prices could jeopardize his efforts to wean his country from the profligacy of the 1970s. "The psychological consequences of these extra revenues conspire against our people's willingness to accept an increase in the cost of living and other austerities that come with reform," he says. "With all these short-term profits, many will say, 'Why worry any longer...
...move that will help wean soldiers from the plastic bottles, Milwaukee- based Aqua-Chem last month shipped Operation Desert Shield three state-of- , the-art water-purification units with a total value of nearly $1 million. Each of the mobile units, which use a process called reverse osmosis to convert salt water or contaminated water to drinking water, can produce up to 3,000 gal. per hour under battlefield conditions. Together the units can meet the needs of 10,000 troops...
America's "What--me worry?" energy policy led directly to the current jam in the Persian Gulf. As long as we maintain our gluttonous consumption of energy, we can never wean ourselves from dependence on Gulf oil or reduce our vulnerability to capricious despots like Saddam Hussein. The time has come to fix the roof--before the big storm hits...
...also known as methane. Neglected during the 1980s because of abundant supplies of cheap crude, gas has suddenly become an attractive alternative again. With the Middle East crisis pushing petroleum prices to $30 per bbl., energy experts and environmentalists have begun urging greater development of natural gas to wean the U.S. from its heavy dependency on crude...
...develop an effective policy that reduced its thirst for foreign crude. It has not done so for two major reasons. First, concerns about protecting the environment have hampered the development of domestic alternative energy sources such as offshore oil and coal. Second and more important, any effort to wean the U.S. from foreign energy sources would require forcing consumers to pay a higher price for gasoline and other fuels. In the early 1980s, when the price of crude rose to more than $40 per bbl., imports fell by half. But as prices slumped...