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Show Which Price will we Pay? BY JOSEPH SUPanov, going to work for Administration, ,.. " communicate to Americans, especially es-pecially through the news media, the implications of pollution con- trol for American Ameri-can culture. He has met with limited success. ManV Americano -tempted; unaWare 0f,he: that will be made in our lifest,: and habits of consumption The primary conflict, sit han has oft times stated, in pi tion control and rectification between ' the polluting Mr whose production will be m ed, and the consumer, it; I ability to consume will also I retarded. Simply put, indm-1 cannot continue to provide p ducts for consumption at thee I Americans wish to consume k if efforts are diverted from f I duction to cleaning up. I The gargantuan figures ass. I ated with "cleaning up" pa J the dilemma. In 1965 hydrok I generally agreed $35 i I would, if properly used, clean I our inland lakes and rivers, i I keep them clean if additional p. I lays of revenue were made in e:. I of sewage treatment and cherrcl waste treatment. Certain are-1 especially the Lake Erie res: I were left out of raosteslii l because no one was really s. that they could have been cIe I up - then. And this was be:' I our oceans were understoodtc I involved with offshore d Jilt: I leaky tankers, among other tlri; I These tremendous costs J eventually be borne by the ." I sumer-the taxpayer-:.-! higher taxes, higher prices or s I denial, or a combination il l three. The real problem fai l Americans today is how ( I to take the cure, or worse,! j are mature enough to tab J cure at all. The naive notion' I industry is solely respoi I solely accountable forpo I untenable while we con I drive automobiles, use Iff I dous amounts of deters J hundreds of other "11" 1 1 which also contribute lo I problem. I The cultural problem I as a people are dedicated to stantly increasing our I tion levels. We value I maybe too highly-ss endeavor. This H thinking from Wall Haight-Ashbury. Even I culture movement difl I the vow of poverty- l sought higher con through lesspresJJ What do we do now faced with cutting "J I or facing biologic J Being "rational W i the choice weli obvious, or neces forting. I |