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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES Combined with The Sell Lake Mining 6 Legal NfW Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah Second Class Postage paid at Salt Lake City, Utah 711 South 'I tti Telephone 3644464 West Temple Salt Lake City; Utah 64&01 GLENN BJO&NN, Publishes publication ts not owned or controlled by any party, clam, etigme, faction Number 5 Volume 53 The Energy Gap Grows to less than 7,000 in 1971. The federal regulation of wellhead prices of natural gas, the lower cost of foreign oil, increased taxation and rising costs have been factors behind this drop. Environmental concern has had a retarding impact on the development of oil reserves in Alaska and in off- on the continental shelf. In Alaska, for example, there are billions of barrels of oil beneath the arctic North Slope ready to be tapped. But not one drop has reached the Lower 48. Before Alaskan oil will find its way to refineries, an 800 mile port pipeline from the North Slope to the year around ideothe of Valdez must be constructed. Concern over logical impact of the pilepline has delayed construction. The development of a major oil field off the coast of California has been stopped; leasing of potential producand ing areas in the Gulf of Mexico has been slowed; petroleum exploration all along the promising areas of the Atlantic Coast has been blocked. Similarly, there has been a moratorium on the construction of oil refineries in spite of the need to build five refineries a year between now and 1980 to keep pace shore areas off-sho- re with demand. These and other factors have led to a heavy dependence on supplies of foreign oil. In 1972, about 30 percent of total oil used in the U.S. came from foreign sources. World politics and considerations of national defense plus an unfavorable balanoe of payments situation indicate that continued reliance may not be acceptable to the U.S. Interruption of oil supplies four have occurred in the Mideast since 1950 could seriously threaten the national welfare. The artificially low price for natural gas, plus environmental protection requirements, has caused many industrial users to switch from coal to gas. This, in turn, .has depressed the domestic coal industry and caused increasing dependence upon natural gas at the very time that it has become uneconomic to develop new sources of gas. CARE Mother's Day Recipe Take the American custom of treating mother to dinner, add a CARE meal for hungry children overseas in her honor, and you have the receipt1 for doing something different this Mothers Day. For example, a $5 contribution in the name of your mother can provide a full lunch for 450 children at a nutrition center; $10 serves 900. In turn, your mother will receive an attractive CARE card to notify her of your special tribute on Mothers Day. The card will be mailed directly to your mother or to you, as you request. The message is equally appropriate for grandmothers, mothers in law and mothers of friends. Contributions should be sent to: Mothers Day Plan, CARE, Inc., 444 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. 94111. Be sure to enclose your name and address, the name and address of each woman you are honoring (minimum $2 per name) , and instructions for card handling. If you wish CARE to mail directly, specify how each card should be signed. oOo If" I were to name the three most precious resources of life, wrote John Burroughs, the great naturalist, I should say books, friends, and nature; and the greatest of these, at least the most constant and always at hand, is nature." THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1973 Page Four Utah Power & Light Joins Group Search for Geothermal Energy John Anderson, vice president Utah Power & Light Co., has released a position statement on geothermal energy that has been issued by WEST Associates, a group of 23 investor owned and publicly owned electric utilities operating in the western part of the United States. UP&L Co. is a member of WEST Associates. The WEST Associates geothermal position statement points out that natural hot springs have been used for centuries for heating purposes. In the U.S., geothermal energy was first used commercially to produce electricity 13 years ago. Due to increasing national concern over the availability of future energy resources, members of WEST Associates have become more actively involved in efforts to evaluate geothermal energy and in planning. to use it when it can be proved to be reliable, economical and environmentally acceptable. In conjunction with the WEST position statement of geothermal generation, Mr. Anderson said UP&L has already taken steps investigating the possibility of geothermal generation in Utah. Letters of intent have been made and two firms between UP&L Geothermal ' Kinetics System Corp. and Thermal Power Co. of Utah. If commercial steam deposits are found in Utah, he said, development of small geothermal plants might be possible by the early 1980s. However, further exploration must continue before drilling of wells can be considered, he explained, and if a geothermal steam supply is found, data must be collected and evaluated before construction of the plant itself. The prospect for geothermal energy appears promising, but drilling is the only way to prove this resource and then, at best, it would be a supplemental resource to our conventional coal fired generation. The WEST Associates report cautions that at present there is no way of estimating accurately what the potential geothermal energy resource in the western states may be. Nevertheless, even if it were to provide only 5 per cent to 10 percent of total requirements in the decade of the 1980s, it would serve as an important supplement to other energy supplies. In general, WEST Associates believes the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 is in the' public interest, and is urging its prompt implementation to encourage a commercial development of the federal land in the western U.S. where geothermal resources are most likely to be found. However, they feel it is essential that the act should be amended to provide that an area of land will be defined as a Known Geo . . thermal Resource Area only after it is proved to contain geothermal resources by the drilling of a discovery well. Given reasonable economic or regulatory incentives, WEST Associates is confident that conventional geothermal resources can be explored and developed by industry with existing know how. Government might logically be involved with R&D to investigate the long range use of unconventional geothermal resources found can be developed as a competitive alternative contributing to base load electric power supply. WEST was created in 1964 as a non profit organization to serve as a regional planning vehicle for electric utilities operating in nine western states. As an entity, WEST does not generate or supply electric power, nor does it own or operate electric generating plans or transmission lines. It encourages coordinated planning of lare generating units and extra high voltage transmission lines and conducts research of interest to its members. HEW Makes Grants Under School Aid Act the I EASED GRAPEVINE John T. Nielsen, an assistant Salt Lake City attorney, has been named to the city's legal adviser post for the Salt Lake City Police Department. Mr. Nielsen will fill the position which was vacated last month by Arthur A. Allen, Jr., who left because of conflicts with the city attorney, Jack Crellin. . The United States Forest Service will move 382 of some 1,014 Utah employees to the Denver office when it consolidates the former Ogden Regional Office to conform with the mandatory standards of the federal administrative structure. The original golden spike that tied the East to the West some 104 years ago has been returned to Brigham City. The Smithsonian Institute in Washington loaned the spike to the city to city to display next week. A proposal to build a general The first U.S. Office of Eduairport and 18 hole cation grants to be made under aviation on the Utah State course golf the new Emergency School Aid Act in the six state Rocky Moun- prison property was made to tain region were announced this week by Dr. Rulon Garfield, the regional director of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. According to Dr. Garfield, the federal funds are intended to meet the special needs of school districts taking measures to eliminate, reduce or prevent minority school isolation during the 1973 school year. In addition, pilot grants may be awarded to school districts with more than 50 percent minority student enrollment in order to help them overcome the effects of previous isolation. He said that, potentially, $3.5 million could be. awarded under the Act to school districts in the western states comprising HEW Region VIII. Region VIIIs Commissioner of Education, Dr. Leon P. Min-ea- r, explained that the basic pilot grants to Otero School District will operate distinct components. The basic grant will provide two resource centers of special needs, an individualized audio-visumath grant, and comprehensive curriculum coordination for kindergarten by the sixth grade. The pilot grant will establish an individualized instructional support program for seventh and eighth grade students to improve the students academic achievement and self esteem, Dr. Minear said. o al Where thousands of listeners enjoy concert music and news every day! See yoi |