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FULL OF ENERGY — A group of persons participating in an energy seminar Wednesday at Carlton Inn. Two Rivers, look a few minutes to discuss problems related to the present energy pinch. They are from left Allen Utko. professor from the University of Wiscousin-Oshkosh; John Zimmer, chairman of the board of the Manitouoc-Tuo Rivers Chamberof Commerce; John Miller. Wisconsin Fuel Light Co.; Denis Delaney. Wisconsin Public Service Corp.; Jim Schaus. William Schaus Son. and Robert Doneff. chairman of the chamber’s Housing Committee. The seminar was sponsored by the chamber’s Housing Committee. (Photo by staff photographer)unchanged For the past several years, while more residential customers are now being supplied.Nationally, Schaus said, propane consumption is expected to increase from 15.6 billion gallons last year to 17.6 billion gallons this year.Lenz said changes must be made in order to conserve present oil supplies and to minimize price increases.Within the next decade, Lenz said, oil prices are forecast to increase 61.3 per cent, while natural gas prices are expected to go up 400 per cent and electric rates up 151 per cent,“We must move ahead in developing all sources of energy” and not concentrating efforts to develop only one or a few sources, Lenz said.He also called for increased domestic oil supplies, establishment of government standards for home insulation and a return to the free market for the oil and gas industry.Lenz said government should concentrate- its efforts on for-mulating-an energy conservation policy and let the oil industry concentrate on development of additional sources of supply.Rainlt;Continued from Page 1 onditions. The sheriff's depart-isnt said many roads in the ounlv, especially secondary ighways, were covered with ice. Snow began falling in western eclions of the state this lorning, with snow and a fixture of sleet and freezing rain i the southwest, central and ortheast areas. Heavy snow was xpected to continue tonight in He northwest, with ac-umulations of up to eight inches xpected, .Freezing rain and sleet, then* ain and occasional thunder-Expert Says Growth Outpaces Fuel SupplyThe world is headed for a state of “overshoot and collapse” in respect to anticipated growth and future energy demands, according to a university science professor.Allen Utke, a chemistry professor from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, made that observation Wednesday during an all-day energy for heating seminar held at the Carlton Inn, Two Rivers.Also speaking at the seminar, which was sponsored by the Housing Committee of the Manitowoc-Two Rivers Chamber of Commerce, was Merlin Passow, a UW-0 physics professor.Utke said the world i$ heading into the future at higher and higher speeds with greater recklessness and that no one is aware of it.Since 1900, Utke said, the world has been experiencing, its most abnormal growth period” in history, as population and industrial growth and energy demands have increased exponentially while energy sources have increased only arithmetically.In other words, growth has developed in the form of 1 ... 2 ... 4 ... 8 ... 16 .. . while energy sources have experienced linear development, such as 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5.More and more people are nowTrain Tips OntoSidaliving in cities than ever before. Utke said, creating an increasing demand for the use of more resources and creating more pollution, also a factor in the energy picture.Papulation and urban growth are expected to double by the year 2900. Industrial growth is expected to double twice by 2000 Utke said this means energy use is also going to at least double twice in the next 24 years.“In the world, most experts say we are going to need at least two more doublings of energy by the year 2000,” Utke said. “In the United States, most experts say we are going to need at least one doubling of energy by the year 2000.“Those kinds of doublings cannot be fueled by oil and natural gas.” Utke said oil and natural gas production hit their peaks in the mid and late 19605-Production is now on the decline.By the year 2000, 90 per cent of the world's supply of oil and natural gas will have been used, Utke further stated.Further, if all factors such as population, pollution and energy use continue to grow at present day rates, Utke said, the worldWarorms were expected overnthern tndflV andA Chicago and North Western Transportation Co. locomotive jumped the tracks near Highway 10 just west of Cato Thursday(Continued from Page 1)reached a state of no return.’ Uhuru said.The Tanzanian government’s newspaper, the Daily News, appealed for “moral and material support” for Mozambique and guerrilla forces from “friends of Africa all over the world.”The two national daily newspapers of Zambia, the Zambia Daily Mail and the Times ofwill have reached its limits to growth within the next 100 years.The outlook is not pure gloom, Utke said, and the overshoot can be avoided, ft is going to take real change in how we visualize ourselves and our relationship with nature,” he said.„Utkei5aid scientists are going to have to expand research on the use of alternative sources of energy, such as fusion reactors, geothermal power and solar power. The technologies to make the use of these energy sources is also going to have to increase.Additionally, the world is going to have to limit and stabilize the exponential growth,' the growth in population, urbanization and industry.Passow, who talked on solar energy, gave more of a nuts and bolts presentation. He did. however, make some general statements.Presently, the use of solar energy is not the panacea many people think it is, Passow said. There is a lot of solar energy available, but it is mostly dilute and costly.He said the best use of solar energy in this area now would be for home heating and heating of water. However, such systems are only feasible in new home construction.At least half of existing homes, Passow said, are not suited for solar energy. They are not structurally suited for roof mounting of a solar system; many do not have a good southern exposure, and if they do. the exposure is usually obstructed from the sun.Also, solar systems now cost about $10,000 to $20,000.“It is my analysis that it is not cheaper to build a solar system than it is to use natural gas,” Passow said.
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