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President rness"
• "The American economy
now consumes about 17
million barrels of oil each
• day. Our inability to,meet
this demand from domes- •
tic supplies has forced us
• into increasing depend-
• ence on the oil -rich Mid-
dle East and other foreign
suppliers." •
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So ;,says a statement
from the U.S. Department
• Of Transportation, special-
ly prepared for this sup-
plement to present the
• goverzunent's point of view
on the gasoline crunch.
The statement continues. '
Transportation accounts
' --tor nearly 60 per cent of
all the liquid fuel con-
sumed in the United States
and the more than 102
million automobiles regis-.
tered throughout the na-
tion account for approxi, • •
•mately half of transpor-
tation's total use.
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a major Step toward .the
• President's goal. i• •
- Need action now
Ent President Ford has
emphasized . the urgency
of whipping inflation now.
To bank on•the long range«
solutions of increasing do-"'
mestic energy suppliesand •
improving automobile fuel
efficiency is like praying
for rain while flames lick
• through the roof of the
house.
President Ford- struck
at the heart of the matter
when delivering ' his ad -
dregs on the last
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..
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Actually, the ,President's.
request Was a modest one.
Our studies indicate the
:average car owner could
reduce his driving by 10
per cent without seriously
. affecting his job or living
§tandard. '
Fights inflation
Obviously, incre as ing
the fuel efficiency of our
cars will go a long way
toWard decreasing our de-
mand for petroleum and
easing the inflationary
pressure created by that
demand. ° •
P• resident Ford has es-
• tablished the goal of in-
creasing the fuel efficiency
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 manufat-
• tureis through improved
technology, engine resiz-
• in.g and a relatively lim-
ited marketing shift to '
smaller cars. Indeed, the
average fuel economy- of
• 1975 model automobiles
has already brought about
a 13.5 per cent improve-
ment over 1974 models —
Save 10'billion •
If that average car
owner, now driving 13,000
miles a year, would cut
his driving by 10 per cent
he would save some 100
gallons of' fuel annually.
Ahd, 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 iri fuel cost of •$5
billion. •
• The plain truth is that
•most of us too casually
• and too wastefully use our
automobiles at needless
-cost to ourselves and to
the disadvantage of our
society. • Many trips are,
made for purposes of
bious value. And the num-
ber Of worthwkle trips
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s save gasoline
could -be greatly; reduced
by better planning and
• organizing our daily rou-
• tines.
Double up, save
Although the typical car
seats fou} persons, its ur-
ban work trip occupancy
averages only 1.4 persons.
• This statistic tops all
others in supporting the
•
• charge of waste and inef-
• ficiency in the 'national
transportation system. .
Raising the occupancy
rate nationwide to an av-
, erage or even two persons
per automobile would save '
an extraordinary five bil-
lion gallons of gasoline a
Than One."
• The reduction in the use'
of fuel that a concerted
national carpooling effort
could bring about would
significantly ease a major
• inflationary pressure on
the economy. • Additional
goals that carpooling can
help achieve are reduction
• year. •
We at the Department
of Transportation have
-' placed • top • priority on
-encouraging greater na-
• tionwide participation in
carpooling. Our theme:
"Double Up .America
Two Can Ride Cheaper
• of _urban air pollution and
an easing of traffic con-
gestion oti the streets and
highways in and around
our cities.
• Slow down
How we drive should
rank with where and when
• we drive in any considera-
tion of the ways a driver
can save fuel. Just how
muchcan be saved by
avoiding excessive speed
will -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 donserve
gasoline is to .make sure
all vehicles are properly
maintained. For example,
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency reports
"keeping an automobile
tuned up can, on the aver-
age, improve fuel econ-
omy six per cent as com-
pared to an imtnned auto."
The agency added grossly
•maladjusted and under -
maintained vehicles- can
waste 20 per cent or more '
fuel.
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An estimated 3.8 billion
•gallons of fuel couldbe
saved annually • through
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proper engine mainte-
nance.
-• Could destroy country
In delivering his eco-
nomic address to the na-
tion last October, Presi-
dent Ford 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 Eurely as any well-.
• armecrenemy." •
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 challenge. -
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