European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes april 1977 reaction mixed on Energy proposal editors note Tus Story was com piled from dispatches filed by associated press writers Paul it Stevens in Wichita Brenda Mooney la Atlanta Richard Buck in Boston Tom Harrygan in los an Geles and Rob Wood in new York api when president Carter told Congress he hoped Energy conservation could be carried out with a minimum of Richard Basore grimaced at the to set in the family room of his Kansas that Means Hes going to use some he 1 guess in Basore when Carters speech was but this is ail going to go into what we her husband agreed till hit us in the for a half hour wednesday the scene in the Basore household 25 Miles Northwest of Wichita was mirrored in Mil Lions of other Homes coast to coast As americans tuned in to hear How the presi Dent proposals will affect Here is How the proposals were received in five of those the speech didst really scare said Ruth a 35 Yoa rold elementary schoolteacher who watched it on the living room Couch with her education professor husband Don and their two and i was More afraid of All he confusion with she i Trust and in willing to do the things that have to be one of those the president was for americans to give up what he called Gas guzzling that Fine with who commutes in a Gas eco nominal Volkswagen from the family 000 Hom to his Job at Emory University in its about he said when Carter proposed a 5centsajjallon tax on Gaso lie said the family plans to move to a Home in the Price of Gas Oline certainly is a the two girls sat Between their dozing off and sometimes asking questions such As what is a decade Amy went to bed before the speech ended her sister brought a stuffed dog into the living room and cuddled on the Couch until the program was tritus said he found parts of the speech too but his wife said she was glad Carter discussed he subject seriously i was tired of Nixon and Ford speaking to us like we were she Ford said to bite the that didst mean anything to Woodland i think a tax is a substitute for doing things sen Sib said television actor Dan who commutes 60 Miles a Day round trip from his Home Here to los my instinctive reaction to higher fuel taxes is to say that you hit me in the store with the one you hit me in the Wallet with another tax and i dont know if it will solve the for Ron watched the presidents Tele cast with his and a Eddie Iii wife had taken their other two sons to Little league baseball i would like them to Tell me that there was no Way in the last 15 years that government could not require production of a car that would use Megery More Tufi Cint Fernine Carters proposal that Homes be heated with solar Energy Drew a favourable reaction from those solar panels would make houses he still favors their de Cashal sipped from a can of leaned Back on the Couch and reflected on the family pickup and Small pleasure it took us a lot of years and a lot of hard work to get All of those said the 49 year old operations Foreman at the Shell Oil refinery in this City on the outskirts of but we wont complain about cutting Down on using the or driving up to the Lake on the Days we just have to realize there is a shortage and what must be must be the longer the supplies last the longer i will have my he the longer i have my Job the longer the next generation will have their his wife Mary watched the speech with him in the Small living room of the three bedroom Home where the Cash ats raised two when the cameras turned to the she there is one of them sound if Hes going to be Why cant he Cashal twisted and turned when Carter questioned whether there is enough com petition among Energy producing Compa now i dont know about i dont he i just think Hes trying to Shock said Joan me penalty for Gas guzzlers a nurse and Mother of five teenagers in this Boston but her husband a sales assistant for a welding put it More positively i think Hes trying to get Peoples Atten Tion and that a Good maybe its All Little settled in the living room of their two four bedroom House the Mccarrow and three of their children watched the speech one son on the floor in Paja his older brother in a Comer and the youngest of three girls also on the Mccarron said the family 1973 station which gets ii Miles to the probably would be a casualty of any new gasoline the next car we get wont be a station he but when Carter proposed a rebate on new cars that get Good Gas Mccarron was not Ive heard enough about she Hes Al ready fizzled out on Hooray for our cried Richard Basore when Carter mentioned that a tax on natural Gas might exempt thai used for fertilizer he and his father grow Grain sorghum and wheat and raise 100 head of cattle on a 900 but the 32yearold Farmer reacted differently when Carter said nuclear should be located away from population what we he said put them out in the take up thousands of acres of prime farm when Carter spoke of the added Gas Basore protested we dont do things around Here to consciously waste we dont Lake a Hal loaded truck of wheat to we wait till its Basore said he voted for Gerald Ford last november and thinks the former pres Ideal made Many of the same proposals As Only he  get Congress to act on giving Carter a Little bit of he i think with his being the same party As the majority of the Man can get something done where Ford driving Are affected Detroit Impi president Carters Energy conservation plan will change car buying and driving habits by penalizing americans who refuse to give up their Gas guzzling automobiles and Reward those who executives of the automotive big three Quick to criticize when there was Only spec Valtion refused immediate comment wednesday night following the presidents address to Halls it but Roy Chapin chairman of american motors which is counting on the rebates to pull it out of a yearlong commended the the president has issued a Tough Chal Lenge to the american people one which recognizes that we Are facing an inevitably critical Chapin our Energy Energy Price tag for each family is not specified Washington Lap president car ters Energy message bristles with figures and requests to but it Doest specify a Price tag for the average american each of the country 72 million House holds spent about for such Energy items As Light and gasoline in according to government but Carters senior Energy advisers either dont know or wont say what each household will spend if Congress passes the presidents the government says the average size of an american household in round num about three it defines a household As one or More people living in a single housing heres what the government says heat ing a House Cost in 1976 for households that heat with an average of for households that heat with natural for households that heat with elec there were 58 million families that owned at least one car in the latest year for which government figures Are available the study shows that the aver age crowning household spent about or Gallons of gasoline in Carters proposals would add about 7 cents per gallon to the Cost of fuel Oil and other Petroleum products by problems Are real and they will not go away with Wishful Thomas chairman of the giant general motors whose Large cars Are now the most fuel efficient built by a Auto two weeks ago la bleed any tax on Large cars As irresponsible and one Industry automotive news publisher Keith said the presidents message probably caused panic in the Auto Industry Board they have to be feeling like voodoo dolls getting stuck with Grain first there was the emissions require ments and then the fuel Economy Laws and now the tax on Large both inside and outside the Auto said the presidents plan is unlikely to cause the Plant lost revenues and economic chaos Industry executives have warned would follow implementation of Carters Energy conservation in the Short there will be some increase in the big car said Arvid a vice president for the investment firm of to Dustin but even if there is a big the Industry  meet 11 because they dont have any More room in their production sched Ules for the remainder of the Model Jouppi recommended that americans not Rush out to buy the last of the Gas guzzlers because their Worth will drop steadily Over the next three or four eroding the Trade in he said Auto makers should not complain about the presidents plans because they wont Force anything More than already is required by upcoming fuel Economy in where pm builds fulls sized Pontiac an Assembly line worker said she was concerned about her Job because the plan will have an unfair Burden on Auto workers and the Auto she people will still drive the big cars they seem to since the rebate plan up to on 1978model cars thai top 39 Miles per gallon is directed mainly at Domestic importers were Quick to attack Ralph spokesman for the Auto Mobile importers of said the rebate plan is a double tax subsidy for Millet said the Auto mileage rebate would switch a purchaser from a 42 on which no rebate May be Avail to the Best Detroit can a 36 Chevelle which would be eligible for a As proposed by the the is fuel Economy average Auto makers must meet on their 1978model Auto fleets will be the cutoff Point those above gain ing Cash incentives and those cars below taxed heres rebate examples according to Gas mileage Washington Upil under presi Dent Carters Energy Here arc some examples of extra taxes that would be paid on autos getting bad Gas mileage and rebates that Roulot be Given persons buying cars with High Gas mileage Miles per gallon tax tax tax 1981 tax tax tax tax mpg tax tax tax tax 1982 tax tax tax mpg no tax or rebate tax tax tax tax tax 1984 tax tax mpg rebate 1979 rebate no tax or rebate 1981 tax tax tax 1984 tax 2222 5 mpg rebate rebate rebate no lax or rebate lax lax tax mpg rebate rebate rebate rebate rebate no tax or rebate tax mpg rebate rebate rebate rebate rebate 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