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"Energy grief caused by shortage
United Press International
AUSTIN — The lifestyle changes
brought on by the energy shortage
can have a shocking aflfect, similar to
that experienced with the death of a
loved one, a University of Texas pro
fessor contends.
Dr. William E. Avera, a lecturer
in UT’s finance department, said
consumers appear to be going
through a grief process over the loss
of abundant energy similar to what is
experienced in the loss of a loved
one.
Avera said the death of the “ener
gy-oblivious life style” has triggered
responses usually associated with
grief — denial, anger, bargaining
and depression before acceptance.
“Changes that cut to the core of an
accustomed life style” will be neces
sary because of drastic changes in
energy supply and unparalleled in
creases in energy prices, Avera
warned in an article in the current
issue of the Texas Business Review.
“The initial reaction to the possi
bility of such a change may be one of
shock and grief rather than the ra
tional economic calculus envisioned
by theory.”
Avera cited the apparent resist-
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ance of homeowners to residential
energy-saving measures.
Homeowners demonstrate li
mited interest in retrofitting existing
homes to be more energy efficient,
even though such investments pay
for themselves quickly through low
er utility bills, he said.
Buyers are reluctant to pay extra
for energy-saving features in new
homes, he said.
Consumers who are in the denial
stage of the grief process “hang onto
the belief that the energy shortage is
not genuine,” he said.
“They rationalize that as soon as
the forces creating the temporary
shortage achieve their objectives,
prices and availability will return to
normal, by which they mean the con-
ditions prevailing during the
1960’s,” Avera said.
The anger that usually follows de
nial in the grief process is demons
trated by consumers lashing out at
politicians, oil companies and utility
or regulatory commissions, he said.
“Someone must be blamed for the
demise of the energy-oblivious lifes
tyle — and those responsible must
be punished,” he said. “Anger is an
especially ugly phase of the grief pro
cess, but a stage through which con
sumers must nevertheless pass.”
Avera said those who have prog
ressed to the bargaining stage,
“grant the inevitability of changes in
their ways of living, but they hope to
postpone them.”
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NORCO, La. — An explosion and
fire at a Shell Oil Co. chemical pro
cessing unit plant has forced officials
to close the facility until they can
determine the extent of damage.
The explosion occurred Tuesday
about 6:10 p. m. in a unit that proces
ses “sulfolane,” a chemical solvent
used to remove sulfur from crude oil.
Shell spokesman Peter Fisher said a
filter in the unit exploded and
touched off a 10 minute fire, which
was extinguished by Shell’s in-house
firefighters.
No one was injured in the acci
dent.
Fischer said the chemical plant
was not a part of the refinery that is
being struck by members of the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers
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determined, but the facmhra bU, m ,,i
closed until Shell officials ed.L use d by boot!
the extent of damage.
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“The accident happened at our
chemical plant which is not on
strike,” Fischer said. “It’s one mile
away from the refinery and operated
by regular people who are not part of
the strike.”
The cause of the explosion was un-
visors in a nearby control rooin,!i|® mixe(1 Wltl1 8 asc
spokesman said. H, and at a lower
produced from co
Fischer said no crude oil in other such cash crc
through the chemical plant. Tim Hawkins is he
finery has been processingcni(le;:|JTEP researcher
rate of lSo,(KK) barrels perday.':: ijocal vegetation at
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