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...home insulation. In Little Rock, Gloria Wilson, a mother of seven and the wife of a mechanic, dreads the first winter gas bill. She does not heat the living room or dining room of her seven-room home. Even so, her heat has been cut off for nonpayment five tunes in the past three years. Each reconnection has meant a higher de-posit?a kind of poor people...
Worthwhile energy gizmos are by and large both simple and durable. Also they save enough energy so that the homeowner can recover, or amortize, the initial expenditure-which can amount to several hundred dollars-within a reasonable time. Herewith a sampler of five of the best and most cost-effective devices now available to individual homeowners...
...reducers. A shower is a more energy-efficient way to wash than a bath: the cheapest shower is the one that uses the least hot water. At an average residential water pressure of 60 lbs. per sq. in., a conventional shower nozzle sprays out 35 gal. of water every five minutes. For $22.95, Teledyne Water Pik offers a nozzle that cuts water usage to 15 gal. during a five-minute shower without loss of pressure. A less expensive model, made by the Con-Serv Corp., retails for $13.95 and cuts water flow to only 10.5 gal. Cheapest...
Aramco's many critics also complain that the company is altogether too cozy with the Saudi government. Why, they ask, have the Saudis failed to complete their plan to buy out 100% of the company's production facilities? The government announced the nationalization plan five years ago. So far, it has acquired only 60% of Aramco's $2 billion in refineries, pipelines and ports. Has Aramco persuaded the Saudis to go slow, since a full buyout would burden the four corporate shareholders with enormous U.S. capital gains taxes? Nonsense, say Saudi officials. They insist that the final...
...gravel. Those located in water depths of more than 42 ft., the Government insists, must be left unused for two years, to see if they can withstand the ice; moving ice packs could knock over the rigs, causing oil spills. Moreover, the companies will be allowed to drill only five to seven months each year, starting in November. Reason: at other times the big bowheads, which weigh as much as 45 tons, migrate through the sea, and environmentalists are afraid that the drilling might disturb their breeding and calving...