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Awwk ago. a young friend
and I were deuring brush from the edge at' my hayfields. We couldn't help but look around and love the beauty of our county
The next day I filled up the car's* gas tank. And then t thought of the lengthy fight gomg tin here and nearby >ver the location of additiontl power lines* to serve our growing population. Unpleasant as power lines tire, they are something we can live with, albeit not willingly! But the shortage and increasing cost of gasoline and diesel are critical. And are likely to get much worse!
The increasing price of gasoline, indeed of any form of energy for transportation, should make us think, then ACT! Time is not on our side. We know world demand for energy is rising rapidly due in great port to the ongoing shift of some three billion people from undeveloped to developing, mainly in the Far East. At the same time, supplies of crude oil, the most flexible energy source, essential for transportation, have probably peaked and started a slow decline - just as demand starts a steady rise!
Besides actual shortages, political problems threaten oil supplies. We're all shocked by current prices at
40.8%