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state /national Battalion/Page 7 June 2, 1982 111 »0£ withholds funds appropriated by Congress ominatioj 1 lose 'd' “He j ; ’80sraij» s got tod Budget cuts dim future of Texas solar project United Press International iUBBOCK — Nestled in a cotton field two miles south of ■osbyton, a 65-foot-wide ftthepi^luartersphere” lined with re lied, "M Hectors gathers rays from the -rides I. blistering West Texas sun. or.” B Designed by engineers at Texas Tech University, the Crosbyton Solar Project has pro duced the world’s first solar generated electricity. It is an ex ample of high technology, and also an example of the pitfalls of government bureaucracy. Late last year, Congress pro vided $4 million for the 8-year- old project for fiscal year 1982. But the Department of Energy, which distributes the funds, has not released the money to Texas Tech. That worries project director John D. Reichert, who said he has been called a lot of names during his 35 trips to Washing ton to solicit support. “It’s a dogfight,” Reichert said of the federal money battle. “We are eight months into the fund ing gap. We still have a little of the 1981 fiscal year funds, but Texas Tech is subsidizing the federal government (now). “We’re running on blood, guts, string and tape.” The Crosbyton project even tually will receive its 1982 funds, said Rep. Charles Stenholm, D- Texas, and Rep. Kent Hance, D- Texas — both major supporters of the project. But federal budget cuts in so lar research and a difference of opinion between DOE officials about solar technology probably have doomed long-range plans for the project. It was to supply large amounts of electricity to Crosbyton, a town of 2,700 ab out 35 miles east of Lubbock. “It’s a change of focus brought about by the tremen dous cuts in the area of solar research,” Stenholm said. 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Available at Safeway Stores with Cheese Shops or Tables! focus it on a boiler and produce electricity from steam, generat ing an output of five megawatts. “It is not realistic to think we will get the funding originally envisioned,” Hance said. “We can’t have any cuts at all from this area.” Budget cuts are not the only problem for the solar plant, which exists in the shadow of a giant, multi-million dollar solar project in Barstow, Calif. The Barstow project, origim ally conceived by scientists at the University of Houston, has re ceived the lion’s share of the fed eral money, about $170 million. The Barstow project employs a different solar technology in the deployment of its reflectors (heliostats) and centralized boiler. About $6.3 million has been spent so far at Crosbyton. While agreeing the Crosbyton project has merit, Jerry Braun, director of the solar-thermal technology division of the DOE, has reservations about the quar- tersphere technology. “There are those who feel the technology has intrinsically less likelihood for success,” he said. “There are limitations on the amount of energy that can be collected in a year. The implica tion of that fact is that the struc ture and other parts of the tech nology should be cheaper. “The project at the moment is without scope of effort and I am not aware of any official propos al the DOE received that define the project’s principles. Now, the matter is in the director’s hands.” ‘Mandatory firearms’ law in effect United Press International KENNESAW, Ga. — A law re quiring a firearm in every household took effect Tuesday, but the American Civil Liberties Union said it would challenge the ordinance in court. ACLU Attorney Gene Guer rero said he would file suit in federal court Tuesday asking that the law be declared uncon stitutional and that the court halt any enforcement of it. 15 Implementation of the law — passed by the city council March 15 in response to a Morton Grove, Ill., law that banned handguns — had been delayed three times so citizens could complete a firearm-safety course. Darvin Purdy, mayor of the Atlanta suburb, said most re sidents are already in com pliance. “We are still very much of the belief that a great majority of the residents are in support of the ordinance,” Purdy said. “We are expecting and getting com pliance with people voluntarily buying guns. The vast majority have guns already.” He said several exemptions were built into the law, including non-compliance due to religious belief or physical disability. He also said convicted felons would not be permitted to own a gun. Citizens not falling under any of those categories and not com plying with the law will be sub ject to a $50 fine, he said. i Kennesaw resident John Kor- zonok said he felt the ordinance would not be enforced, although he supports it. “They got an ordinance here where if your grass is over 5 in ches tall you can be fined, did you know that?” he said. “They make up things and let it go, I reckon.” Top Drawer from Basics to Designers Levis - SedgefieU - Lee - Bill Blass - Calvin Klein - Ocean Pacific - lackey - Stanley - Blacker - Esprit - |ordache 4 and more. Your Danskin Headquarters Manor East Mall 779-6718