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Clinton News-Record, 1980-10-23, Page 34While this ,supplement- Concentrates upplementConcenttates on energy savings in the home, it is important to. put the domestic sector in perspective. The consumption of energy,in the form, of electricity and beating duel in Canadian homesand farms represents. about one fifth of the total energy consumption in Canada. Gasoline for private cars Canada. a further large share of the . tran- sportation sector, 'This means several things, First, : saving energy around the home can have significant -�itnpaet-s .. on-:.tb �.-:na Tonal scene. If everyone cuts his doirnestic consumption by onlay 10 per cent through furnace tuning, insulation, lower temperatures or other, Measures, the result would be a cutback of about 2 per cent in total national consumption. While thisI. may not seem large in percentage terms, it is actually a tremendous energy and dollar saving for. Canada, Second,: the other sectors of our economy are, also large energy users; both industry and transportation ' surpass budget in our homes andover half of the transportation energy in our cars, giving us a total direct Consumption of about i one third of` the total. The , other two thirds of Canada's consumption is used to produce the goods and services that we ascon- sumers onsu ers' .demand. This means that our potential'. for con- servation is not limited to that onethird of the total energy budget that we consume directly. By careful pur- chases, consumer action, recycling and choosing energy-efficient travel modes, , we can have an iinw pact.en that other two-thirds. Almost all , of us believe to some degree in conservation;, For some people, it is...., :a simple matter of saving money; for others, a husbanding of resources now so that we will not find our- selves short in the future. For yet other people , con- servation represents an ideal,. a way of life to which we should aspire. Whichever is your view, there are many residential convurnpfidn, is rrieans that there is both an t sound .reasons to support energy conservation as an important new direction for Canadian energy policy, Let .us focus briefly on just the most obvious of these. First, there is the sheer physical volume of energy 'that is being. demanded in ;a world of ever more people, of higher incomes ,and of . more technology. With every in- crease ° in our rate of con- sumption, in Canada . as. elsewhere, it becomes harder to find, produce and transport the necessary energy materials,. For the first time we are in a position where • i-'nj lit` i+e-"d"emand levels cannot be satisfied by - -conventional energy sources. °Canada, will face possible shortages of oil and natural gas 'within the next decade non-conventionaleo o ui«lessr. potential frontier resources. can be developed and delivered in sufficient. quantity.. Even future elec- tricity supply is not assured. Feasible hydro sites are now almost totally developed and • uranium reserves are limited, Seconds even if we could locate r energy resources of suitable quantities and qualities, their costs would be .monumental,.montimentalj It has been , estimated, that to satisfy anticipated demand growth in Canada to 1985 alone, we wil have to spend. over $100 billion, that is about. $20,000 per existing, household to just supply energy. *This effect gets worse with tune because, as we move to lower quality and more remote sourcesof energy, it. wil.. cost _us. _more and,,.more energyto energy. That is., singe we have to invest not only dollars butalso energy units inorder to ' mine„ coal or tar sands, drill wells, operate pipelines or whatever,the net costs of. energy delivered to ° the consumer will be still. higher. The impact of this on our economy will be severe, both in _ terms of inflation and because it means fewer dollars for schpols„hpspitals and other industrial projects. In effect, it implies a return to the situation, in which Canadian investment would be ,concentrated in t the resource sectors of the economy In view of the resource and costfactors, conservation offers a low-cost and low-risk alternative to continued .highs' demand growth* Third,assuming the resources were available and could be produced at a cost that we were willing to pay, to producethem and then consume 'them: would involve large-scale , en- vironmental impacts; Obviously to the extent that _are cr ^ onser1ve enenerergy adndevedefloer ment plans,• the impacten-: . viironmental ` of production and Iran- sportatiort can.°r be .avoided. Moreover; .in . almost every .instance sound energy con- ervation-at the point, of us s . 'also supports environmental protection, In summary., energy conservation can be viewed as the purest form. of en- vironmental protection Finally let us ,examine the idea ofquality of life, This is perhaps an over -used phrase, but the ,fact that it is over - o portunity and a respon ; si ility for conserving energy �s in those sectors. Each of us can also contribute by -� carrying our conservation, concerns over to ,our job. Whether you drive a truck or ;manage a business, work in llth office_ OF a factory," there are numerous ways that you can conserve energy each day. Third, as private citizens we consume almost 20 per cent of Canada's energy ARE YOU LOSING ENERGY from thiel+e openings? (A) Windows,(,) Doors, ((:) (:eller wrote%s, (U) Attie vends,.(F)-Alai conditioners (F.) Kitchen fans, (G) Cellar Doors, (H-) Pei doors,. (1) Garage doors? NOW IS THE TIME to replace your worn summer.or old snow tires with new... •it's a shine you can take to. 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