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The reason, of course, is the price of gasoline. Years of Government exhortations to conserve precious gasoline by switching to public transit, doubling up in car pools and even simply not driving did little to reduce fuel consumption. But expensive gas is having a stunning impact. The average national price...
Whatever their longer term views, independent observers agree that the U.S.S.R. will suffer some Western-style energy headaches in the next few years. Indeed, the Soviets are already suffering the first symptoms of the coming crunch. Gasoline prices have doubled during the past two years, to roughly $1.25 per gal...
Carter blamed his defeat on congressional spinelessness in an election year. "I recognize the political pressures," he said in his veto message. "I know this is a difficult issue for many members of Congress." Nevertheless, he added, the gas tax was "good public policy and good common sense." Without this...
Congress tacitly went along with the gas tax when Carter proclaimed it last March. But some of the legislators, notably Connecticut Democrat Toby Moffett, suspected that Carter wanted the fee not only to conserve energy but to balance the budget without asking Congress for any new taxes-perhaps even creating...
Fox says there are still plenty of places to conserve by improving building management. "All of those energy issues seem at present to direct us into more intensive use of facilities, not toward closings," Fox says.