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Show Is too Much Energy Possible The construction of huge hydroelectric hydro-electric plants by the Government causes some people to fear that the nation will have a surplus of electrical elec-trical eneigy. Such fears are largely based upon up-on the present per capita use of electricity. No allowance is made for a wider utilization of power in the home and industries of the nation. na-tion. The millions of people now without electrical energy are forgotten for-gotten and little thought is given to the increased use of elecricity that is certain to follow economic im i-'ovement or lowered rates. It is a fact, however, that the standard of living of people is based very largely upon the mechanical pq.wr available for their use. That 'modem fai.milies possess oonven-iences oonven-iences unknown to the richest men in earlier days is a truth that is ac-cep.ed ac-cep.ed by many without lealizing that these conveniences depend upon up-on the presence of enonmious mechanical mech-anical power supplies. |