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Beyond the business community, however, there is a question whether Carter's blast at the oilmen will help him or hurt him with two other groups: the Senate and, even more important, the public at large. Despite repeated warnings about the energy crisis, impassioned presidential statements about energy conservation...
The panel considered several proposals before the House and Senate regarding energy conservation.
The full Senate last week did approve a bill to revise utility rates so as to encourage production and conservation, but it falls far short of what Carter had sought. Its main break for consumers would be a rate cut of roughly 40% for persons at least 62 years old...
San Antonio was rudely awakened from what city officials referred to as a "cheap energy drunk." Curtailments of gas forced the city to adopt emergency conservation measures, including converting the city's electrical power generators to higher-cost fuel oil and reducing street lighting. For the past five years...
"I don't believe that conservation of energy is the final answer," Hills said. "However, it is necessary as a bridge fuel until alternative sources can be developed. We can come up with new supplies but we can't do it tomorrow," she added.