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Page 6 THE BATTALION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1980 Local ,o Gas price increases proposed By SUZANNE HEMBY Battalion Reporter Most Americans have little feeling for how much energy the United States consumes, said an oil com pany representative Wednesday. “Since we never really see the gasoline that we buy, we just don’t see how much we use,” said James Williams, of Arco Oil and Gas Com pany. Williams presentation, enti tled “Economics and Energy,” was sponsored by the Student Advocates of Free Enterprise. MSC Town Hall is conducting a T A S L E E A N R I C H Are you a star waiting to be discovered? Do you sing in the shower? Are you the unknown comic? Do you juggle in front of the mirror? If you think you’re the hottest rising star on campus then you’ve met your match with Lacy J. Dalton PROVE IT THE WEEK OF HER CONCERT. SIGN UP NOVEMBER 19-25 ROOM 216 MSC SECRETARIES DESK Talent contest: Monday-Dec. 1 11 a.m.-2 p.m. To be held: MSC Student Lounge Prizes will be awarded. He discussed the way OPEC gained control of the oil market. Be fore the 1970s, imports were control led by limits, the rest of demand in the United States was controlled by limited production, he said. Domestic production peaked, yet Americans kept using energy at a staggering rate, and the only margin al source of supply became imported oil. Imported oil which previously comprised 20 percent of total oil con sumed in the United States soon climbed to 50 percent, he said. In 1973, price explosions occur red, and OPEC gained control of the oil market. Williams said that OPEC had tried to raise the price of oil earlier, but that the United States had an ade quate surplus, so their plan did not work. He said that at this time our re sources are concentrated in the form of coal, while we consume mostly oil and gas. Gasoline is our major focus of energy today, he said. “We consume 294 million gallons of gasohne a day. ” Williams suggested inflating the price of gasoline or artificially res tricting its supply to decrease the demand for the dwindling supply. The oil market does respond to price changes, he said. “When the price increases, con sumption of gasoline falls, (and) when the price decreases, consump tion increases,” he said. Higher priced gasoline will not only decrease demand, but also in crease production, the oil company representative said. “We started getting increased prices in 1974, and wells took off im mediately,” he said. LOUPOT’S BUYING USED BOOKS NOW! LOUPOTS BOOKSTORE Northgate — at the corner across from the Post Office Dennis Ivey’s Lakeview Club The Very Best In Country-Western Music and Dancing Thursday Might m LONE STAR fT| CL draft REER! I Music By Dennis Ivey Cover $3.00 Men & The Waymen $1.00 Ladies Saturday Might DARRYL McCALL A Little Bit of Texas By CHF Skyscr chitect’s isioned p. ilitan cei pushir tocc id maybi :e-size an ban Aim Such we aders at Mid icted tl Projc lav in the Teacher [aving thi ties was iderstanc “We ha< som lotebook iey use igar cube; The stu< ience am |e into cit “The st here the; relation ,ey as cit “The m public . “Thei ents cai want ile to hoj This is l ide class Murp ally look "Iwasev ilsyear, 1 said. Some of ilding tl “The prc ie size of y built h ewasn t the cs One uni •ely unde “This be at he sol py CHRI b, Entries in lollector’s hibit son ist year’s General contractor B.F.W. Construction Co. Antonio to create a new women’s dornitol Themes of Temple stacks modular rooms from San behind the Commons. parinclud pent, Arm |Southeast esterns. "A PROBLEM PREGNANCY? Are you considering abortion? Free counseling and referrals Call (713) 779-2258 Texas Problem Pregnancy, Bryan, Tx. Ml The most intimate, loving gift you can give a portrait of yourself! We Offer Custom Enlarge ments • Copy Work • 2-Day Photo Finishing • Internega tives • Black And White • Col or • Contact Sheets • Machine Printing D H ARKER ■ HOTO | ROCESSING 1753A Boonville Road Biyan • 779-6269 in, Char contest le exas t ■ularly oi rthor, sul The enti sen judgi ony is scl 204C Si d is opei Ten $101 liable a ctions, p agazine wier an< rofessor - luff.” Theawa speech b hector of lr es, enti rue.” Thurstoi 5 the firs m theii It adds M. The win [splay in brary for ers have Each fin ''t a short Section 'ted biblii Section. Treliinh 'e bibliog ^ place their ac