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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980
CIA director predicts
Soviet oil short by ’85
nation
United Press International
WASHINGTON — CIA Director
Stansfield Turner has predicted the
Soviet bloc nations will become oil
importers by 1985, thus creating a
problem for the Western world.
“The entrance of the Soviet Union
into the free world s competition for
oil not only further squeezes oil sup
plies available to the West, but also
entails major security risks,” Turner
told the Senate Energy Committee
Tuesday.
Soviet options to ease its energy
problems are “extremely painful,”
and include barter deals sometimes
involving arms sales, he said.
“More forceful action, ranging
from covert subversion to intimida
tion, or, in the extreme, military ac-
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tion, cannot be ruled out.
“Given the advanced age of Soviet
leaders, the oil crunch is likely to
occur during a large scale changeov
er in the Soviet Politburo,” Turner
said.
He said there is the possiblity of a
serious disruption of American oil
supplies from the Middle East dur
ing this decade.
Although the probability is not
high, it does exist, Turner said,
adding that it would take military
action to bring about such a disrup
tion of American oil supplies.
He said Soviet oil production will
probably peak at less than 12 million
barrels per day this year, and begin
falling in 1981.
“Given this Soviet production out
look, the Communist countries as a
group are projected to shift from a
net export position of800,000 barrels
per day in 1979 to a net import posi
tion of at least 1 million barrels per
day in 1985,” Turner said.
He said the competition for de
clining world oil supplies would
strain relations within both Soviet
bloc nations and industrialized
Western powers.
Energy-saving products -
from cars to refrigerators
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United Press International
CHICAGO — Technological de
sign ideas spawned by the energy
crisis have produced a wave of new
products — from electric cars to a
solar-powered refrigerator.
A 4-cubic-foot solar refrigerator
that can keep its contents cool
through three cloudy days was
among new items displayed recently
at the 1980 Design Engineering
Show.
A company spokesman said the re
frigerator’s initial market is campers,
boaters and Third World countries
where electricity is scarce but sun
light isn’t. The unit is currently avail
able only by direct mail from the
manufacturer, said Peter Downing,
business manager for Zeopower Co.
of Natick, Mass.
Downing said the unit is a by
product of the company’s regular
business. As a federal goverment
contractor, Zeopower is developing
an integrated heating-cooling unit
for the Department of Energy, he
said.
Two battery-powered autos were
also on display.
The Bradley GTE Electric, an all
electric car that runs on 16 six-volt
rechargeable batteries, was de
veloped by Bradley Automotive of
Plymouth, Minn. It is guided by a
computer system.
Depending on driving habits,
company officials said, the car has a
top speed of 75 mph, can accelerate
from zero to 30 mph in eight seconds
and costs a penny per mile to oper
ate. The built-in battery recharge
unit accepts 110-volt electric house
current via a power connection on
the outside of the driver’s door.
the
A Bradley official said the car cur
rently is available in kit form for ab
out $11,500 and will be marketed
assembled in a few months.
The other auto is a gasoline-
electric hybrid made by Briggs &
Stratton, a long-time manufacturer
of small gas engines used in such
items as lawn mowers.
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auto.
Other energy-saving products at
the design show included:
— General Electric’s Circlite, a
fluorescent light system that pro
vides the same amount of light as a
100-watt incandescent bulb but uses
only 44 watts of power.
— The Conservolite System, de
signed by Conservolite Inc. of Oak
dale, Pa., a fluorescent light control
system. It senses available I
automatically adjusts thein[
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selected lighting level in i
said Lars G. Soderholm, i
director of Design Magazine.
— A system called the Mdi
Energy Transfer Catalyzertkj
an electrostatic field to permiils
ing and cooling at accelerated*
using relatively small amoimj bjoii
energy.
the
The six-wheel, four-passenger car
has a two-cylinder air-cooled gas en
gine and 16 six-volt batteries that
drive an electic motor. Company
officials said it runs on gas, electricity
or both, has surpassed 55 mph in
expressway driving situations and re
corded gas mileage of up to 145 miles
per gallon.
Briggs & Stratton built the hybrid
car simply to show it could be done,
not with the intention of marketing
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Idaho blast sends
citizens scurrying
United Press International
FORT HALL, Idaho — Fire
touched off explosions at a chemical
plant Tuesday, sending toxic fumes
swirling through Fort Hall and driv
ing hundreds of persons out of the
city in search of safety.
Authorities said flames of un
known origin engulfed several stor
age sheds at the Russett Chemical
Co. plant shortly after midnight,
causing explosions that drew dozens
of firefighters from surrounding
communities.
Nine firefighters were sent to
Bingham Memorial Hospital at
Blackfoot suffering from inhalation of
smoke and poisonous .chemical
fumes. Eight were treated and re
leased.
J.J. Wadsworth, a criminal inves
tigator for the U.S. Bureau of Indian
Affairs, said authorities ordered the
evacuation of about 400 per* n T
the Fort Hall township area. [ We:
There was danger that the?:
could be blown to other popt
areas.
It depends on the wind, ke^
“Right now we don’t haves
wind going.”
He also said several toiiccw A
als were involved. Brnile
The cause of the fire isstiDAnile
investigation, said Wadswortfcijj r>
is in charge of the investigati(t| f
evacuation effort. About U'h|
Fort Hall population is made;j i
Shoshone-Bannock Indians. ? Tp
“We won’t know for a whim *
caused it,” he said. “We Ud ■ X .
and an explosion, and the fired t
good hold on the chemicals bI,'
They’re fertilizer-type chenmil
Wadsworth said the she:l c L
which the chemicals were •’ (.dor
were destroyed.
House committee
lauds Iran policy
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President
Carter’s actio»s against Iran to gain
release of the American hostages
were strongly endorsed Tuesday by
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee.
In a show of unanimity, the com
mittee approved a resolution sup
porting Carter’s actions on Iran —
but stopped short of endorsing fu-
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prevailed when the coirr
agreed to instruct its chairmanllLe
Clement Zablocki, D-Wis., IiN^Q
commend that the Housed <
resolutions that would have si
the White House to explainpn:
it might have made to the a
shah and concessions it i
made to the Iranian govemnt
The State Department I
committee in a letter these E
should not be aired publicly
hostages are freed.
The committee agre__,
not vote on these resolutions fop to ac
of a quorum. K
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leagues, Rep. Lee Hamilt»f‘!" ans
Ind., said the resolution supp?|| vv ® st
Carter’s actions, “isacleanigffl L L
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