Show November 30 1977 Page 4 Student Life Wednesday by phil trank FWMKLY SPEAKING I cEeraim w morn THliCHhMCE me T ! 4PP£OAth PROBLEMS ' EDITOR editor: 1 o the nntiM with interest Duane T I COURSE Gardiners letter concerning the energv crisis Student Life Nov 21 He suggests asking anj lin'al geologist about the availabilitv of petroleum reserves As a local geologist I feel txiund to respond although petroleum geologv is not mv PROFESSOR - Petroleum resources mil and natural gas- are a rumrenewable resourt e l e continued use is certain to exhaust supplv at some point m time Like the Chevron ad savs "There just aren't manv dinosaurs around anvriiore " of V S resources differ mainlv Ui whether our inevitable production dei line began m 1970 or will begin about 1985 AAS News SCIENCE vol 185 p 127 1974 12 dul Despite increases m d ri 11 lntt during retent vears mdustrv suiiimaries show a trend of continuing decline in the num- ber High risers by Ray Corn'ra of significant discoveries Johnson PKTROlKL'M 11 - to the Resources are exhausted I'M urn your wlffrP0LD6V LETTERS li HULL vol 01 AMKK ASSOC (IFOLCXIISTS 1121 Auk p cum resources are being exhausted Additionally it is getting incieasiiiglv expensive to find and produce what is left Mr Gardiner and apparently Sen Hub h would like to attribute the energy shortage to actions or inaction of bureaus of the executive branch of the federal government It is certainly true that exploration has been slowed by some regulations and restrictions However these regulations are responses to mandates imposed on these bureaus by Congress In truth the Congress is most responsible for the very things that Sen Hatch attributes to the federal gov eminent" whatever that is supposed to be If Sen Hatch and his fellows in Congress would quit trying to make political hay out of our nation's energy problem and face the hard realities of a diminishing resource we might be able to avoid severe national repercussions by In simpler terms Lr S petro- - shortage DeGraff Jerome 1977 the solving problem Alumni - 1976 Energy crisis does exist To the editor: I am shocked bv 1977 v our headline attributed to Senator Hatch "Government of Nov 16 contrives energy shortage " In the summer of 1976 the College of Science sponsored a six week lei ture series entitled "Energy " The six experts each spent a week on campus and they included two very famous scientists Harrison Brown and Edward Teller I listended to all of the lectures of four of these men Their backgrounds philosophies and energy proposals were etwo xtremely divergent However stressed by were points I heard D there is an take energy crisis and 3) it may a at least 50 years to achieve crisis nonpolluting solution to the William M Moore Department of chemistry biochemistry Cache families receive To the editor: GOSH I DIDN'T REALIZE COULD GET SO BOREDOM SERIOUS HERE IN LOGAN I would like to recognize the following organizations and peo- ple for their VO ICF help with the Thanksgiving Food Drive Arnold Air SocietyAngel Flight F Hall - USU Idving Center - student : LIFE On Compul editor Coidwl' Vck Borkr Copy edHor Outdoors writer Randy Stutmon Entertainment writer Ken Harmon Sport writer Dole Bubiit Cartoonist Roy Cormo Greg Gorcio Ron Hendrick Photographer A! Hortmonn Roy Miller Staff writer Deb Anedo Doug Buckley Goil Dolton Bob Higgins Bob Irvin SKeree Josephson Rosie Muggier Greg Peck Lour Snow Tom Wilcox help Executive Council Kathy Gilmore Tom Hanson Roxv Jenkins Uniba Delta Sigma Karen Olsen PB L Business Club Newman Club (Continued on page 5) lift written ond edited by student of Utoh Stote University EDiTORiAi POLICE ii solely the responsibility of the editonol stoff The edito the right to refuse ond public ol ion on hit discretion EDITORIAL OPINIONS ore solely those of the editonol board ond those writer w'thsiy' orticle ond do not necessortfy reflect the opinions of Utah Stote University or ASUSU AH LETTER POLICY The editor reserve the right to edit refuse or print any letter must be typed on a In and signed with name student number ond phone rum Nomes moy be withheld by the Editor however ot the student s request Published tri weekly during the school year except during flnolt week ond school hoi Y 'f including quarter breaks Veteron s Day Holiday Thanksgiving Holiday Washingtons Ihdoy Holiday ond Memorioi Day Holiday by the ASUSU Publication Board Editonol University Center 315 business office University Center 317 Printed by the Bo Elder ond Journal Brigham City Entered os second class Utah 833’ postage paid at logon scriplion rates $6 per year $2 quarter Correspondence should be oddreed to 1249 STUDENT Editor Becky C Corn Now editor Ciroy Bodd Compul editor Ken Voughn Wire edit or voura StOrr editor Beenord Pnnj Sport editor Doug Robinson Outdoors editor Rcb LoRocco and |