European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 More americans using Wood according to study tetters to the editor a few questions for cafes Washington not americans Are turning to Wood fuel in such numbers that Wood has overtaken nuclear Power As a source of Energy in this according to a study published recently by the world watch an International of All the Industrial Smith the United states was one of the last to switch to Home heating with Fossil fuels and it is now on the Crest of the wave of nations returning to seven percent of Homes in the United by the year he the use of states Are now heated at least partly by Wood As a world fuel would climb by at Wood stoves and and in new eng least 50 percent in volume and would Supply land it is about 50 the proportion 10 percent of the worlds Energy As of Homes with such heating is rising Stead against 8 percent even though Many homeowners have the which specializes in Analuz held Back from buying woo burning equipping the use of global admits that Menton the Hope that the government will the Bright future it sees for Wood poses some environmental but it says provide a tax the surge in woo burning has made the United states a Leader in what Nigel author of the sees As european edition Rose Usa Mert Elmer Frank Henry Epstein editor manager manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for armed forces the stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the the depart ment of defense or the european the appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorse ment of the department of including the military military address the stars and Apo International mall the stars and Postrach 11 10 d6100 Darmstadt Tel 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creation of tree plantations could not Only re verse the process of deforestation but would act As a sort of sink to carry away atmospheric pollution caused by Wood it in the United states and some other big increases in the use of Wood Are being made by Industry As Well As by sales of Wood fired Industrial boilers has climbed from virtually nothing in the mid1960s to 5 percent or More to and new machinery has been developed to produce Matchbox sized Wood chips or Small pellets for those for encouraged by recent plans to build a 50 megawatt Wood Chip Furnace that would Burn tons of Wood chips a year to generate electricity for Power from the million expected to be in operation by late will Cost 20 percent less than Energy from a comparable Coa fired utilities in Michigan and Hawaii Are also building woo burning the pulp and paper traditionally a significant user of Wood for sawmills and other now provides 50 per cent of its own Energy needs from waste the report in addition to the direct burning of world watch said that or Wood was a promising substitute for gasoline and diesel particularly suitable in heavily Oil poor would become economically competitive with gasoline when the Price of that fuel reaches to a which Many Consumers outside North America Are Al ready although Wood now supplies 3 percent of the Energy used in heating american up from 1 percent in this is still far below the 23 percent contributed by Wood As recently As in May of this year my wife returned to the states to attend her fathers my wife coworkers purchased Flowers through the Sembach a the Flowers arrived one week after the funeral even though a Rush fee was the flow ers were paid for on May the refund was paid july on May i ordered a Blue Kawasaki from the main Kastel Bike Bou i paid for the Bike on june 25 and was informed that it would be ready in 10 to 14 after the initial 10 i called the boutique and was informed that the Bike shipment was not in i called every week and was finally told that the Bike would be ready in on through prior Coordie i went to pick up the i still had to wait several hours for the Bike to be put together even though the Date and time had been set but i had to Settle for another during All these Telephone Calls i was using my Home Telephone and i estimate that the total Cost exceeded 50 i find the attitude and cooperation of the boutique management to be very Apa once they have your the in Terest in Good service seems to fade my goal in writing this letter is to inform your readers about these Ive been stationed in Germany for five years and i feel that the service and products offered by the Exchange Are definitely Sec Ond As a matter of i would like to know what the profit markup is for Exchange items and i would be especially interested in the markup percentage for Gaso line and diesel when gasoline is cheaper in the states and we dont pay any lax Here on i cant help but wonder if the Exchange int following the examples of our Oil i know that the usual reply states that the Price varies monthly in Only interested in the markup which should remain i would like to see a break Down of Purchase to sell another interesting area is the markup on items made in Germany such As i have travelled Exten sively throughout Germany both on try and on i can go to the Crystal factories around Grafe Woehr and Weiden and the Candle factories around Wasser Kuppe and buy the identical items for half the Exchange the Crystal brands in referring to Are All name Walter Montgomery Sembach Germany editors note it William Public relations he replies Flowers Are normally delivered within Good morning 24hours from the time the Florist in the local stateside Community receives the re the concessionaire who handled your order sent the appropriate the stateside Florist failed to make the delivery a full refund was cafes regrets the unfortunate break Down in this at he time you paid for your Bike the concessionaire was informed by the procurement source in Japan that a shipment was being processed and the expected Arri Val time was 10 to 14 the shipment was delayed and the shipping document which was sent to the Bike Bou Tique did not specify because of the original the concessionaire did not wait for the ordered color to think ing that time was most critical to the the earnings objective varies for each item sold in the cafes established an earnings objective of per gallon on for All countries on june it has not been in creased since gasoline for Germany is purchased in German the Price fluctuates according to the Exchange rate and the cur rent wholesale Price and cannot be com pared to stateside Safe Europe stocks Only first qual Ity the Crystal items sold in the factory outlets Are second Quality and therefore less this fact was confirmed by Nachtmann and Selling of integrity a recent writer speaking on the Over priced sugar Issue in your 4 Issue rationalized that since she was ripped off by the it was All right for her to keep her Mouth shut and save 30 cents on her hot Cocoa by letting the cashier ring up the wrong in sure she is not alone in this self styled vigilante two wrongs make a right style of what always amazes me is the Short sightedness of these they think there getting a bargain when in fact they have sold something extremely valuable for pennies their Vincent Kueper Raf England reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we do not read unsigned but we will withhold your name on request and protect your writers Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy especially if they desire a fast accept my subscription to stars name please Street Telephone 1 will pay the Home delivery Carrier when he comes to collect area with Home delivery take advantage of till stirs stripes Home delivery service in most government housing delivered to your Mailbox daily for a please Complete this form and mail to stars 09211 attn sales 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