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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-10-28, Page 53• step toward the In amine ence en other fore puns:. So says a statement from, the 17 Department of tli4sPO tion;sPeelal- tY Ine PleMent gairernInen on line cruncb ientcont1nuez----• accounts for nearly 60 per cent of all the liquid fuel Con- sumed In the linked States and the more than 102 inluion automobiles regis- teked the na- tion account for approxi - nudely halt of transpor- • tation's Wel use. ,-- • Obviously, increasing the Pel eiliciencle of our cars Will CO a "Ong way toward decreasing our de- mand tor petroleum and easing the inflationary pressure excited by that demand. President Ford has es- tablished the goal of in- creasing the fuel elltelencY of the 1980 model cars by 40 per cent over 1974 mod- els. Our research indicates that the President's goal is entirely reasonable and that the" goal can be reached by the manufac- turers through improved technology, engine resis- ing and a relatively lim- • ited marketing shift to smaller cars. Indeed, the average fuel economy of 1975 model automobiles has already brought about a 115 per cent improve- ment over 1974 models — O.P3-tiation now. rangethe long 0- inesilcenerrilY supplies and Immo g. automobile fuel is like praying bile flames lick rough the roof of the house. President iird Struck at the heart of the Matter when delivering his ad- dress on the econ0MY lut October he asked all of us to reduce our driving by 5 per cent in the effort to both curb inflation and to ease the energy demand. Actuitily, the President's request Was a, modest one. Qur studies inrikete the average car owner could reduce his driving by 10 per cent lcifir*104.4f4f4u1Y,,.. sr *fleeting his job or living Ye be greetlY reduced bY better PltW*Ing and 0 our daily rou- t Double gpi save Although the typical car seats four persons, its ur- ban work trip occupancy averages only 1.4 persons. This statistic tops all others in supporting- the charge of wasta4fmtlner-- rkleucY in the national transportation system. Raising the occupancy rate nationwide to an av- erage or even two persons per autairoilaile would save an extraordinary five bil- lion gallons of gasoline a Than, One," The reducgon in Meuse of fuel that a concerted national carpooling effort constbring- about would COPY ease a nutfor nary pressure on economy. Mdttional goals( that carpooling can help achieve are:reduction. standard. SIM 10 billion /1 that average car owner, new driving 13,000 miles a year, would cut his driving by 10 per cent he Would save some 100 gallons of fuel =malt, And, if the 100 million - plus cars on the road each achieved similar reduc- tions, the savings would exceed 10 billion gallons of gasoline a year with the very significant sav- ings in fuel cost of $5 billion. The plain truth is that most of us too pasually and too wastefully use our automobiles at needless cost to ourselva.s and to the disadvantage of our society. Many trips are made for purposes of du- bious value. And the num- ber of worthwhile trips auro FACTS We at the Department of Transportation have / Placed top priority on encouraging Peater na- tionwide Partleipation in carpooling. Our theme: "Double, Up ,Ametica — Two Can Ride Cheaper or urbanalr pollution and an easing Of traffic con - MOM on the streets and highways in and around our cities. Slew down Bow we drive should rank with where and when we drive in any considera- Ma of the ways a driver can. save fuel. Just how much - can. be saved by argoing excessive speed wit/ vary from car to car, but tests indicate that a 25 per cent improvement in fuel economy is a rea- sonable expectation when highway driving is re- duced from 70 to 50 miles per hour. , Another way to conserve gasoline is to make sure -eV vehicles are properly maintained. For example, the 11.8. Environmental Protection Agency reports "%ming ali automobile tuned up can, on the aVer- age, improve fuel econ- omy silt Per cent as com- pared to anzmitnet1 auto." The agency added grossly maladjusted and under- mairibined vehicles can waste 20 per cent or more fuel. An estimated 3.8 billion gallons of fuel could be saved annually through proper engine mainte- nance, could (leigror etWilt7 ki delivering his eco- nomic address to the na- tion last October, Ped - dent Pbrd said, "Inflation, our public enemy number 1, will — unless it is whipped — destroy our country, our homes, our liberties, our property, and finally our national pride — as surely as any well - armed erieMr." That is the dimension of the challenge we face. Such simple things as how, when and where we drive will go a long way toward determining how we shall meet that chat Crossword mamma annnnn annnnn annnnn mmnn nnn annn cirir ammnn arm min firm annnn annnnelm nnmn nnn stir annnnnn annnn anm arm ann annnm ann Immo nnn nnnn ririmnein rulmmrm ririmrimn elms CHECK YOUR HEATING SYSTEM NOW! Faulty. Equipment Can't Do The Right Job 1111111U11111111111.11110111111111 An out of date heating system squanders precious fuel and cash. 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