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Show HI full &nad The MX program will require petroleum products during both the construction and the subsequent operational opera-tional phase. The greatest demand for those products will occur during the eight years of construction. The operational phase is expected to last 30 years or more. Table 1 presents the U.S. fuel consumption for 1978 and projections for 1985 and 1990 compared to the projected requirements for MX. The decrease in 1985 consumption reflects the decreases In demand due to increasing cost of fuel and the attendant conservation efforts on the part of individual and businesses. D.S. FUEL 1978 1985 1990 1985 ' 15,0 Diesel Fuel 291,000 234,550 250,000 1.2 -5 CIO3 BBLS) Heating Fuel 533,000 429,600 458,910 .4 (103 BBLS) Gasoline 2,750,310 2,267,050 2,156,130 2.5 -6 (103 BBLS) The federal governmentthrough policy and practice avoids upsetting the local economy and developing scarcities. scar-cities. MX petroleum demand may require bulk purchases pur-chases especially in the peak construction year. Such purchases are handled by the Defense Fuel Supply Center Cen-ter at Cameron Station, Virginia. This agency procures large portions of the federal government petroleum needs. In 1980 for Instance, it procured 50 million barrels of diesel fuel and about 7 million barrels of gasoline. For MX bulk fuel contracts would be placed with suppliers such as ARCO (Los Angeles or Salt Lake City) Shell (Puget Sound) or Chevron (San Francisco). |