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Ev Archive for October 1999
1670 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:46:35 2001

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Re: Power production



I wrote:

> Even in the dark, cold days of the 1970's oil embargo, when even natural
> gas was spiraling upward in price (and there were rumlings of shortages),
> there was no thought of natural gas rationing.

I should mention that it ~did~ for a while become almost impossible to 
get natural gas installed in a newly-constructed home.  But as for cubic-
foot rationing, it was never a consideration.

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
1991 Solectria Force 144vac
1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
1979 General Engines ElectroPed 24vdc
1974 Honda Civic EV 96vdc
1970 GE Elec-trak 36 vdc