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BRUSSELS, BELGJUM
' 'The oil conflict continues.
lt
is beginning to affect
the whole population;
due to the lack of heating oil
and gasoline. The pumps are
empty just about everywhcre. Yes–
terday a few stations opened, but
by midnight all s tations were
closcd by govemmcnt ordcr for an
uodetermined period of time.
" lt has now becomc very seri-
ous, especially for thosc whose
heatiog systems depeod on heat-
ing oil . They are simply witbout
heating. A large number of grade
scbools and high scbools bave
been closed. Doctors are facing
problems because they can' t re–
ceive paticnts in uobcated clinics,
and the sbortage of gasoline is
making it difficult to go out on
house calls. The absence of beat-
ing oil is creating a real trauma. A
large number of peoplc are al-
ready suffering from the cold....' '
T
HrS IS
not a scena rio about
the remote future. It is part
of a letter this wr iter received
from Europe while visiting in the
· United States earl ier this year. The
cause was a temporary man-made
shortage of fue! in one nation, Bel–
gium. But it nevertheless portends
the harsh reality of a gathering crisis
toward which the industrialized na–
tions of the world are even now
headed.
Our Way Threatened
"Instant energy" - the comfort
and convenience so long taken for
granted as an accepted and ex–
pected part of life - is suddenly a
PlAIN TRUTH October 1973
LOOKING INTO THE 1980'S
WHEN EUROPE'S
LIGHTS GO OUT
by
Rey Kosanke
Warren
Watson -
Plain Truth
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