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New York Times Feb 4, 1976;
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times (1851?2007) with Index (1851?1993)

 

 

I every Po itician hung this .
on his of?ce wall, he?d soon see  

 

And its solution .- -

Unless we are determined to become an OPEC
puppet, what we mUst do is painfully clear._

We must conserve all energy?in particular our
oil and gas. We must accept the fact that coal is,
today, our only alternative. The only fossil fuel
in which we are-seIf-sufficient. 

We must expand our use of coal.
But we?re not! Why? .

The problems generally associated with the
mining and burning of coal have been solved.
Except?the destructive, regressive actions of
a small minority. . . the fanatical environmen-
talists. 

Note we speak only of the fanatics.-

We embrace fair, reasonable and necessary
controls. In fact?by deed-and dedication?we
have long?since proved our concern for the
environment.

But,7neither we nor this nation can condone the

. extremists.

Alreadythey have succeeded in making it nearly

. impossible fornuclear power to play the role it

should in solving our-energy problems.

Today, it takes ten years to build a nuclear plant,
if you?re lucky. (In other countries, five!) And a
handful can stall construction in the courts even
longen

A narrow-minded minority is also blocking the
development of our coal resources.

At every turn they employ stalling tactics, court
actions, legal technicalities. Anything to impede
the kind of use of our coal that could free us
from dependence on foreign oil and its devas-
tating economic consequences.

When will it stop? Probably not until lights start
going out and factories start closing for lack of

severi our-energy pro  lem.

power. Which will happen in parts of our country?
in less than ten years.

Then there will be a public furor. The political.
powers will act. They?ll sweep asidethe'exq
tremists and establish strict but reasonable
restraints.

Must we follow this time-wasting scenario?

Maybe, just maybe, if every politician did hang
these shocking statistics on his office wall, it
would be clear that we needa National Energy
Program that has as its core. . Coal and 
Conservation.

 
  

The call to. greater I
energy independence

Gem.
pummel

 

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