Show False Optimism The gas shortage Is U In many ways way the leading edge of 01 the real energy crisis To many P people ople that thai term tenn has come to mean merely the panic panl period during daring late e 1973 and early 1974 74 when the Arab nations stopped shipping oil to o the he US U.S. Thus to many the crisis is s over But Dut even a cursory look at the natural gas picture belles belies thIs Inis notion According to figures fig fig- ures released by the Federa Federal Fed Fed- era eral Power Commission the nation this th's winter will suffer sulfer a 22 per cent shortfall In sup- sup plies piles Last year the figure was 18 percent The year before 14 per cent |