European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes May 1977 neglected resource Small dams Are big Energy potential new York not tucked away in one paragraph of the 28page fact Sheet issued last month by the White House on president Carters National Energy pro Gram is this intriguing statement the president has directed the corps of engineers to report within three months on the potential for additional hydropower installations at existing dams throughout the country especially at trait Lite my with these words president Carter somewhat rectified his failure to make any in his previous addresses to the nation and to of this Longe elected source of supplementary Energy production that is relatively readily available and environmentally Carter May have deliberately played Down the potentialities of Small scale hydroelectric Power because he did not wish to risk confusing it in the Public mind with those Large scale Power and water control projects on which he has been locked in Battle with there is no Between the one involves generation of elec tric Energy through rehabilitation of Small dams and installation of Small plants to serve local needs on a decentralized basis without seriously damaging the regional the other is typified by such ruinous pork barrels As Dickey Lincoln in the state of Maine so hideously expensive that it is doubtful that they can Ever become economically quite aside from the permanent environmental damage they it is quite a different Story with Small scale during the 19th and Early 20th thousands of dams were built for a variety of purposes on Millstream and Small Rivers throughout the particularly in new England and new York they powered paper Mills and eventually some were fitted out with installations for local generation of electric which ultimately fell into disuse or were removed altogether when Large scale Power plants and regional distribution systems 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barrels of Oil a about 6 per cent of present Oil put another these Small dams could produce million increasing the present Supply of hydroelectric Power in the United states by More than Richard Ottinger of new Yorks 24th District Points out that in this state alone there Are More than 600 such untapped which if Only 10 per cent of them were put to work at that Small Kwh capacity could provide the equivalent of the total electric consumption of a City bigger than and on almost every tumbling Stream of new there stand today several of these ancient in All hark ing Back to a simpler when their water Power was tamed to turn the Mill wheels of another if Small generators were installed in but 10 per cent of they could produce enough electricity to Supply a population equal to that of from the investigations already con ducted by such Public agencies As the fed eral Power commission and by such private ones As the development and re sources headed by David Ltalien former chairman of enough is already known about potential hydroelectric generation at Small Sites to warrant immediate and intensive Federal encouragement of this use of a permanently Rene Wable natural Here is where Congress comes one Way to encourage Small scale hydropower to which american manufacturers have Given scant would be through Federal Grants to demonstrate Var ious new techniques in Small scale Power development another might be through Low interest Loans for rehabilitation of existing dams and installations of Small tur Bines and generating another might be through a form of investment tax the real problem int identifying the As Carter seems to or in deter mining whether Small scale Hydro production is economically it is even possible now to produce Power from flow ing steams where there is virtually no fall of the real problem is overcoming the in Ertia of old patterns of thought and the hostility of old vested especially of the Power As Carter this is a time for innovation and the irony is that in this innovation Means going Back to first beginnings with Modem technology now waiting to be soviet Well capped after 5day Blowout Moscow up soviet experts have capped a Gas Well which blew out on the Karshin Skaya Steppe in the official soviet news Agency Tass reported Tass said the Well ran wild for five venting thousands of cubic meters of Gas a Tass said Russim an expert from the soviet Gas Industry suggested the plan for capping the a special Hood was placed on the drilling Well and the Gas Stream was a heavy Clay solution was then pumped into the Well through a Tass letters to the editor Speed zones in housing needed i sincerely wish that some of you could become a part of me for a to have my emotions and feelings for just a few moments of to look through my eyes and see a thing i saw i was sitting at the table with a playing cards and talking about we could hear the sounds of children laughing and it was a Happy we both heard another sound brakes a loud thump and Glass Mary and i ran to the window to we saw a Small truck stopped across the the pieces of Glass on the Road and two men getting out and looking All we both looked for a i Hope they didst hit a 1 said and i think they just lost something out of the said Mary was trying to reassure both of but she was i could we saw her in the arms of one of the a Little blonde headed just like with her hair parted in the of my i said in and began to run for the Call an Amu i Mary ran to i would thank god that the Little girl want an old German Man who probably has grandchildren of his walked slowly from behind the truck with the Little girl in his i saw a look of Shock and disbelief on his face As 1 ran toward he was full of the worst kind of i ran up to them and saw the put her Back Down on the i said in the old Man understood and gently put her she was Only about four years and very Small for her the whole Side of her head was a solid mass of bruises and there was blood in her Mouth and her hands were bleeding from Large she was in her eyes were rolled Back in her her body was rigid and her Teeth were i tried to get my fingers Between but she was too far into the i had to wait for it to i people they were neighbors then in the truest sense of the All wanted to help one brought a Blanket a checks the girl to see if she is breathing someone brought a first Aid kit and began bandaging her trying to Stop the someone ran to find the girls Mother and Call her All were con after the the Little girl regained consciousness and began to cry for her a blonde woman the Little girl looked a lot like i was still kneeling by the child and Are you her the woman nodded her head in stunned is i told her come Over Here where the girl could see she needs to know you Are Here with i the woman came and Knelt by her the ambulance and maps As Well As the German the Little girl and her Mother were loaded into the ambulance and rushed to the the reports were filled witnesses names taken the people its her parents said that Little girl Shoul Dve known better than to run out into the Street in the first said another to a group of righteous Heads began to nod its those damned germans another said they should be barred from even going through this housing there always speeding up this Street one of a Young Mother who witnessed the he want driving very fast when he hit she americans Speed through this housing area just As fast they should Post a Speed another i listened to the bits of conversation among my neighbors As i walked Back to my 1 thought to is it really always the parents fault even the Best parents dont keep their children in sight even the Best trained children disobey the rules i walked tiredly into the completely hours had i was nervous and tense from worrying about the Little so i paced Back and neighbors came and talked about made judgments then left to go on their the phone it was an wanting additional i gave it to then about the Little is she All right he told me she had a concussion and lacerations and that she had been sent to Wurzburg for i thanked him and Hung it grew Darker time for the children to Start coming in for supper and i sat Down on the but it was hard for me to sit 1 heard the sound of children laughing and cutting up As they made their Way As i heard another sound the fast purring of a car i jumped up and saw a Small Grey car with German fairly flying up the a boy with a baseball Bat started across the but stopped As the car whizzed this child was older and Wiser Hes i Shook my head in disgust and anger at the Drivers Lack of concern and then i sat Back Down on the i remembered my neighbors they should put a Speed zone through i wondered Why cant we do some thing for the children i looked Down at my pants leg and saw it the Little girls 1 Lay my head slowly Back on the Couch and thought about a grief Strick in German Man a Little girls battered body and a fast moving Grey car then i began to forehand bad Germany