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The government musi be willing to deiay air
quality deadlines to relieve the pressure on oil and
gas supplies, Kottman said. "We have to make
trade-offs. Any harm done will not be cata
strophic." Most higher-sulpher coal lies in the eastern
United States, yet eastern industry must ship most
of the coal it uses from the western United States
where three-quarters of the low-sulphur coal
reserves are. This is wasteful, Kottman said.
Oil shale reserves are plentiful enough to be a
fuel source that would last over several centuries,
he said. "We have the technology to extract oil
from the shale."
Natural gas supplies will last between 20 and 90
years at present consumption rates, he said, and
synthetic gas from coal will be available by the
1980's.
Nuclear energy feasible
"Reserves of fossil fuels will eventually be
depieted," Kottman warned. "Nuclear energy is
the only feasible energy source. . .It may be the
key."
Kottman said the 47 operating nuclear plants in
the United States are producting less electric
power than all the hydroelectric plants. The "fear
for safety" is delaying construction, he said, even
though most scientists believe the possibility of
radiation danger is "exceedingly remote. "
He said 60 nuclear plants are under construction
and another 84 are planned. However, "This falls
far short of the 1000 plants the United States will
need by the year 2000," he added.
Floating nuclear plants two or three miles
offshore could be built "rapidly and efficiently,"
he said. But these fission reactors use uranium,
already in short supply as a fuel, Kottman said.
Breeder reactors extend supplies
Breeder nuclear reactors would extend uranium
reserves but would generate radioactive waste
that must be safely stored, he said. Kottman
predicted that breeder reactors would supply a
large part of national electricity needs by the
1990's.
"Nuclear fusion may well be the answer,"
Kottman said, but such reactors are still in the
future and may never arrive unless scientists can
show fusion is feasible. "If fusion works, it will be
one of man's greatest achievements," he
suggested.
Agriculture probably cannot, cut back its fuel
consumption because productivity would be
damaged, Kottman said." "Conservation measures
can be adopted only if production is not lowered,"
he said.
''Next to, inflation the energy,crisis looms as our
mqst-erjjrpfej4m---our-sreatest challenge,"
Kottman concluded. "Abundant energy supplies
will become available in the future. If this is to
happen, we are all going to have to pitch in and do
our part."
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