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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 6 April 22. 1977 Humor's 'dry' in gold state San Francisco Satire The water shortage in the city by the Golden Gate has created some strange situations. In one apartment house the tenants have a "share-a-flush- " project. They take turns so successful is another to Not their bathroom others. opening tenants share house recommended who apartment manager showers. The residents giggle and run up and down the halls soaking wet and floors and ceilings are leaking from the m overflow. One bumper sticker seen in Northern California recently reads: "Please Don't Walk On The Water." Sacramento Lament The wicked north witch is blowing her gusts, And turning the earth into clouds of dust. Our orbs grow watery our lips go dry; true are the words: "Here's mud in your eye!" How In one of the worst drought-stricke- n counties, couples are to shower a with encouraged together rug. The idea is to wring of the water out the rug on the houseplants later. A lawyer, running for supervisor (commissioner) in a Bay Area district, has his campaign phone number WATER 33. r He's also handing out kits with plastic toilet tank bottles. (Much more practical than the usual political water-save- The trees protest noisily and shed all their bloom While the howl of the wires forecast our doom. -- Queer TV pictures throughout the inevitably to the aerial's sway. day-Resp- Energy vs Morale can be winners --b- Defense Depot Ogden recently published a list of "Conservation - Do's" in an issue of THE HUB. Since they apply as well to Hill AFB, we pass them along for thought and action at our own installation. Turn off lights at close of work day. Turn off lights when leaving area for more than 15 minutes. 3. Use minimum number of lights. 4. Arrange work stations and tasks for which you have responsibility so as to minimize lighting requirement. 5. Acclimate yourself to lower temperature instead of using unauthorized personal heater. 6. Keep doors and windows closed. 7. Close drapes and Venetian blinds when direct sunlight is not entering. 8. Turn heat and lights off in little used areas such as restrooms and storerooms. 9. Close cargo doors as soon as possible. 10. Close connecting doors to another bay when opening cargo doors. 11. Close connecting doors between heated and unheated bays. 12. Turn off vehicle engine when parking. 13. Use a phone instead of a vehicle. 1. 2. Share a ride or schedule several things for one trip. Use normal distribution instead of a vehicle. Turn off mechanized equipment as soon as possible. Support your supervisor's conservation efforts. Try to think of conservation actions and turn in suggestions to your supervisor and the Suggestion Program. 19. Brief your subordinates and monitor their conservation actions. Let them know your dedication. Be an example to 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. them. Remind your fellow workers of conservation actions. Turn off their lights or equipment when they forget. Be an example to them. 21. Try to help and not to complain. 20. WOE" yfojir In about four lb years from of a now, nearly California city's power needs will hopefully be met through burning its own and neighboring communities' garbage. The island city of Alameda, an east San Francisco bay light industrial municipality which also is the home port of two-thir- ds many of the Navy's aircraft carriers, plans to burn trash to generate electricity by means of steam-drive- n turbines. Although the plan will require about $50 million in revenue bonds to build the plant, the city hopes to save it IP oth What price morale? An employe of one of the base's largest activities called HILLTOP TIMES the other day to point out what he considers a health hazard and a waste of electrical power, water, personal funds and lost manhours. He had taken the time to figure out costs to back up his position that coffee pots at Work sites waste time, utilities and dollars. In his section alone, he said, six coffee pots used up the time of as many craftsmen earning $7.30 an hour. They averaged a couple of hours a day all told in scrubbing containers, filling pots, cleaning counters, collecting funds, etc., and added that the wattage used by all the coffee pots around the base would probably be a considerable waste of electrical power. The man also mentioned that he thought cigarette machines could be eliminated. People waste time getting correct change, going to the machines, lighting up, etc., and emphasized that these machines are using energy through lighted keyboards, even when the machine itself is mechanical. We've purposely withheld the identity and organization of this fellow because he obviously could become very unpopular with his Even more obvious, he doesn't drink or smoke. As our conversation progressed, this employe admitted that he is an offender too. . . that he brings in his radio and plugs it into an electrical outlet at his work bench because it improves his work environment and productivity as he labors hour after hour on tedious assembly projects. We have no doubt that it does. Neither do we doubt that the coffee drinkers probably do a better job after they've had a cup of the morning brew. After all, morale, too, is a different form of energy. So it apparently boils down (no pun intended) to the point of MODERATION. As we are called upon to make sacrifices to save the precious commodity of energy we are going to have to make independent decisions on what is most important to us. Is it more important, for example, for the working housewife to run her electric dishwasher once a day, but hang the laundry outdoors instead of using a dryer? More important for the garden enthusiast to let his flowers dry up so that he can have a daily shower? More important for the employe to enjoy the luxury of driving to work alone at the expense of giving up a weekend fishing trip? The day has come when we cannot ignore the problem. We are all going to have to sacrifice something, and like the anonymous worker up the hill, we're going to have to be more aware of how energy is being used and how much we're doing with our share. between $50 and $100 million over the next two decades. less The plant will require more is There one than 800 tons of garbage a day way to generate the needed power. householders can help save The town itself (about 75,000 electricity before it gets to people ) is expected to supply their homes. some 250 tons, and will be During the late afternoon helped by trash from Alameda and early evening hours the Naval Air Station and other load on the nation's electrical facilities. The Navy assisted systems often reaches its in financing a feasibility study peak. To meet the heavy for the project. demand, electric utilities There are approximately must use back-ugenerating 200 similar plants in operation equipment that is not energy in Europe, but only a very efficient. limited number in the United Try to use energy-intensiv- e States. equipment and appliances Generator use p Everything advertised in this publication must be made available for purchase use or patronage without regard to the race, creed, color, national origin or sex of the purchaser, user, or patron. A confirmed violation or rejection of this policy of equal opportunities by an advertiser will early or late such as dishwasners, clothes washers and dryers, and electric ovens in the early morning or late evening hours. If everyone scheduled household chores so as to lighten the load at the generating plants during peak load hours, fewer inefficient generating units would have to be placed in service. ("Tips for Energy Savers," Federal ond And the lawn grass bends weakly because of its thirst As the drought demands "domestic use first." "Navy" showers are the latest vogue; Too much water, and you're deemed a rogue. Debris from Del Paso hangs on our bushes Caught in its travels as the wind pushes. Cloud masses form but move to the north And here, we are arid-n- o rain to come forth. Folsom Lake dries and fishing streams cease As inflation prices for food increase. What of our vegetables planted in a row? No liquid to nurture, can they really grow? Our laundry, however, will easily dry Without the appliance, exposed to the sky. Our streets are swept clean of the gutter debris Sad for the suburbanite but good for me. If coffee still rises and also, the tea, And water is scarce there's still Chianti! If meat is too dear I and all prices soar may lose some weight and be as befor- e- Sans the spare tire amid my waist With more calories burned and less to taste. what if adjusting is a limited chore? So, I may gain in the end and have a figure of yore. And, if I don't so what the heck! Life has been 'good if I'm still a wreck! Wilma Anderson (sister of Hill employe ) Energy result in the refusal to print advertising from that source. MorMedia Sales, Inc., telephone Ogden, Salt Lake City, Sorry, classifieds by mail only: P. O. Uox 16133, Salt Lake City, Utah 84116 394-965- 5; 277-46- 50 |