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What's Goocl
Aboutthe
Energy
Crisis?
by
Roben Ginskey
Jusi ovcr a
y~cu
ago. Amcncan(j encoun–
cered wha1 many bopcd wa; onl) a bad
dn:am - thc cnergy
cr•s•~.
The Arabs cut off
our
011.
and suddenl)
w~
werc
faad
wiah
thc
rt3hty
or
503nng gas pneb. naumg worrics
aboul futl shonag_es
tn
lht *IOICt, and
pet–
Sisttftt
doubts
aha1 ahe economy could
emerge um,c:athcd
Nov.. a ycu later. the cncr¡y
cns1s 1s
suU
Hry
much with
u~.
and
m:.ny of our fore–
bod•ngs about ahe ecenomy have come arue,
cven
if
widespread gas rauorl•ns has n01yet
occurred.
LtL.e
it
or noa. ahc cnc:rgy crunch is going
to
be
prescnt for many
ycolf\,
and mdecd,
was devcloping long b<fore 1he Arabs -
con..,·enicnt whippmg
boys
that
thcy
are
-
m..de u painfully acute
Qf
ClOUf'SC, lhC Cncr¡y
('O)J\
IS U5uatJy
CO'n·
$odered "bad" - bad for 1he eonsumer. bad
for indusuy. bad for 1he eoonomy. bad for
1he GNP.
But,
che
energ:y
era~•~
abo
ha~
good
as~
pcct>: The crisis
m
cncrgy and resourtc".S will
rorce consumers to do somethmg unprecc·
denccd - consider tomorrow. A forced
re~
1um 10
a
modes1 hfe-s1ylc could help bring
about more !WJhdanty wuhtn lhe family.
netghborhood~
city. and na11on
lf
wc
hced the
cncrgy warn1np:
•
Thnf1
2nd
(ruphcy
w11f
iiSjin be-come
rosp«table_ Conspocuous oonsump1ion or
valuable
good~.
mcludtnl conspac:uous
wastefulness. wUI
~
un.acoept•blc. Tbe
more abundanl life woll b< challenged. The
good hfe wiJI
be seen
u
somcthmg more
than incessalU ac:qUI.Sttion of material gad–
¡eLS and eommo<hlii:S.
•
Thc ..growlh elhic" will be recon·
Stdcred. if noa dethroncd ..Pianncd obsoles–
cence.. and 1he: modern Amcricnn credo.
'"Therc·~
plcnty more whcre th:u camc
from:· woll b< replaced by 1he ancoen1 ad·
agc :
··~hLc
ti
ckt.
use ll up. wear
1t
out··
•
Le» not>e polhJtion ••U result from
fev..cr planc fh¡hls and cars oo freew•)'!l
And 1here
,.,11
b<
1=
ooise from hom< •p
phal)CC). aar condauonang. etc:.
• Th<« woll b< less hgh1 poUuuon. goudy
ad\·crhMng sig.n' and hcn<:e we wlll e:\ptri·
encc a
more tr.tnqu1l envuonment
•
M
a.» cr.u1si1
lot\g
delay~d
- may
be·
come :.
nece.ssity rather than the prcft:rence
of a few ..
ccofrcak~."
Gas rluaonmg. shorl·
ages.. anc.J voluntary cutbacks
wiU
cncourug(
shanng
r1dt$
and
m
ay
force
ncighbor~
1("1 ¡ca
reacquaon1ed Tite
S().$$
m.p.h. ra1e on bosh·
~· ays t~
oonlnhuttn& to lowcr aoodenl and
death
raa~
•
Thc
era''' •n
nonrenewable eoer1)
soun;es ..
,u
accelerouc research 1nto renew·
able cncr¡y 'Wlurc:cs - sun.......nd. g.eother·
mat.
tadc,. etc.
These
sourccs are NON
pollutong.
•
Lower thermo)Ulls
and les:. aar
condi·
tiomng
""'Y
mcnn beuer heallh. with lc's
dra.stic
chons~s
be1wcen the
outsidc
world
and iosidc
env1ronmcnts.
•
A slower p;¡ce of
hf~
may mean" ..front
porch tCVI\oal ·· The old
c,ha.ir
and '41Ckcr
roc:kcr
may emerac as a soluuoo
\0
lw
llr
cond1ttonm¡
•
Walltn¡
w11l
ma1ce a comcbadc: and
may c,·en
be
cons•dered ..paltlOllc.""
rathcr
than ao
ac1
of50C'ia1 deviance.
lt's
good
1h111
the energy cnsas -
~·hach
was mevalable carne now. whcn
onJy 174\
of our oil comes from lhe Middle
laM.
rathc:r than later. when America would be
c:vc:n more c.lcpendenl
on
unccrtam sourccs.
The U.S. cconomy <an now b< bob1ered
sign•ficantly rclattvc co
othcr
natJOM bccauS<'
lht: Amcnc:ans
ltC
more
sc:lf·suffiacnt
tn
en~
crgy
than
counlnci
sucb as Japan
a.nd
th~
to Europe
Thc ener¡y cnanch as
providtn~
a un.quc:
test of Ameran
charactcr.
WiU the pubhc
b< wolhn& 10 chango ios life·SI)Ie? Woll
Amctlc:t.n~
unue
and facc a
nationa1
(.Y&)as
1ogc1hcr'?
G
real
dbastcrs onen
evoke che best
tn
me:n -
coopcration.
sacrifi.ce, tog.c:thernes)–
o¡
the wor)l. 1'he snowballing c:ncrgy criSa)
will b<
a
case on poon1.
O
ls lt Christian to Pollute?
by
George Riner
Sorne commcntators
ha"c
recently sug·
gc:sted that environmcntal polluhon
stean$
frum 1hc ••Judeo·Chmloon <1hic."" Thcy
cla1m that man·, ..God·g•vcn·· rcc;ponsibility
was to '"conquer" naturc and cxpiOtt
tht
cn–
v~ronmc::nL
Ttus lS tanlamount to
.saying
that
it
as Christian
to
pollute
Much of this da)C:u.s.saon ccntcrs arouod
God"s hrst oommand lo Adlm "Be fruitful.
and mul11ply. and
rc:pltnt~h
thc
unh.
and
-rybdJ,~
it: and bave
dommioff
ovcr thc
fi.sb
ot
the sea. and over the rowl of the a.r. and
ovcr
e:"•ery living
tbang
that
movc:th
upon
the
earoh"" (Gcnesis 1
:28).
Some:
havc aS$urned that
chas
partacular
$Cnpture gavc
Adam n.nd
lhe rest of man–
kind
caJ'Ie blarocht
au1horhy 10 rape. pillogc.
and plunder the: earlh's rcsources. But did u?
Thc original Hc:brcw word for "subdue"
(kobosh)
u.sed in
Genes~>
I:U $omply means
1hal God
v.-as
govong manlond
rt'l"'ruohiliry.
or authorit).
OH"r
lht
canh·~ ph)'~•cal
eovi–
ronment.
Tbt:
Hebrcw
wor<l
for ..have do–
mlnion..
(radalt)
1n
ttm
\'Cf'SC
convcys the
&dea
o(
govcmme:nt or rule:f1.hap.
lt
is
fre~
quen1Jy used when 1hc Doble speaks or the
authori1y of kings and
othcr
human
rulers.
(This same word
was
uscd in 1Kongs
4:24
lo
dcscrib< Solomon·s peaceful kongdom.)
God intcnded lhtu Adnm
1:>e
a
S(cward
or
adminislrator
or his
crcadon. not
tl
destroyer
WEEK ENOJNG MARCH
22.
197S
or
H.
Ocnc)t)
2:IS should hclp clanfy tlm
poinl. "'And 1he Lord God oook 1he mon.
and
put
him meo the
garUen
of Eden
ro tlrt..,s
Ir and
10
ketp
lt.
••
Go<l
Wrt$.
ond
is..
vitally concerned W1th
lh< well·beong of every
species
he bas ere.
atc:d.
Not•« thc
remarkable statcment thal
Jesus Chrut made on
~tanhe"'
6:26: ..
Behold
tht:
ro...
b
or
tbc air·
(or
lhc:y sow not. ncather
do lbey rcap. nor &>1h<r in1o bams: )<1 your
heavenly Fa1her feedeth them:· Of oou.....
God d00$n"• raon down bread from hea,en
for bords 10 •••: ye1 lhcy mana¡;e 10 Rnd
plenty
or insccts,
fish.
rodent~.
or fnm. So
too with the other creatures mc:ntioncd in
tbe pre.:eding fl"SSage. God has provided ror
chesc
an1mnls
by
the
crcarion
of a balanced
"md
funcuonal eco-sys1em.
God also tntended 1hat man
admanasler
and c:arc for that eco-system by \tSJDI
thc:
pnncoplu of goving
1nd
$haring (see
A<IS
20:35).
Unforoun21ely.
m<n ..
not God. ha•e
generally done JUS11he
OP!""•Ie
on regord 10
en\'lfOnmcntal mattcrs.
The blamc for env1ronmental polluuon.
1hen. resiS squarely on mans shouldc"'
nor on Ood's. Mcn
o(
all races.
reh¡ton~.
and creed,) have been guilty of this universal
uansgression. God has
never encouragcd or
condoned such ac1iv.1y.
o
1~~-
s,dl
by
S1anley R Rader
BOMBA
Y:
Mr. llcrbert Arms1rong and
1
have
be
en here for almosl
n
wcck,
and once again we have nrrived in lime for a local polilical-industrial crisis and
a
major wave or anti-Ameriean feehng in 1hc wake of 1he Uni1ed Sutle. govern–
ment decision lo sell arms 10 Pakisran aga•n aner
a
ten-year suspension.
India. of course. recalb only too vividly thal American arms bave been
~d
twice against lndta and liS people.
This reopemng of old ,.ounds betwec:n 1hc Unued Slales and India essen·
toally compell<d us. upon the advice and couru.cl of our many friends in New
Delh1 and Bombay. to cancel
a
major pubhc appearnnce by Mr. Arms1rong
before an cxpected crowd of
25.000
people. s.:hcduled for March
1
(and now
rc:scheduled for Novembcr
28. 29,
and
30).
Nevertheless. we compleled our olher schedulcd nc1ivi1ies in Bombay, which
callcd for speeches by Mr Armstrong before local c•voc
organiz.alion.~.
In 1hose
mee1ings. il was dotlicuh for
u~
lO avoid sharp que.toonong about tllc increased
lension thal !he Un11ed Slales arms decision has productd in the already dehcate
rela1ionship between lndoa and i1s neighbor Pakostan
The molÍ\
es
aod pohaes of the United States &n•ernmeno
in
these troubled
times
are a
mauer of grea1 concern 10 people. everywhcre. We are always asked
about our voews of Unued S1ates policy
m
the Moddl< Eas1: Mr. Kissinger"s role
m
crealing. shap•ng and
<l~rec1ing
poliey; thc chances ora new conftict be1ween
the Arab sta les and Israel: and the possibili1y of
a
OIAJOr confrontation betwccn
t he two superpowen..
And now lhal lhe majar defendaniS in 1he Waterga1e Trial
have
been
convicted and scn1enced. 11\ere
is
agaio enllanccd 1nteres1 in th< Watergate
alfa"
and iiS meanong for Ameroca. its political system. its prooesses and its fulure
a~"
>13ndard for democratoc onSiitutoons in the res1 of the ..orld.
In my lasl column
1
addressed mysclf to 1he J>OM•b•lity that Mr. KISSmger
was about tn change hos game plan_ Now that Mr. K1ssonger Itas
in
facl com–
pleled his most n:cent V'-'1110 1he Middl<
Eas~
u
well
as
his rcndezvous wilh Mr
Gromyko in Geneva.lhe Shah oflran in Zurich. and Presoden1 Giscard d"Estaong
on París. il
seems
10
me
1ha1 a majar breakthrough 1S immineot, and il will
involvc 1he couperauon of 11\e two major powcrs. lhc United Sta1es
and
lhe
U.S.S.R.
h
is becomong oncreasingly clear that the Unucd S1a1es will continuo 10 do
what it
can
to suppor1 tlle
cMsu•·ativt!
Arab-vesred in1eres1s and 1ha1 the steps
th>t 1he Uoned Stales has 1akeo recenrly on the Arabian Sea are destgned
$pec1fically to
support
Saudo Arabia. the United Arab Emorates. 1he Suhanale of
Oman. Kuwa11 and Olhtrs
Fur1hermore. Mr
K•s.ong~r·s
proposal of setung a ftoor under 1be pna: of
crude oil
is
desogned lO bnng about a stable c::ondiloon for botb th< iodustriahzed
omporting ll3Uons and 1he producing exporting na1ions. The Arab exponers have
already seen the valuc of rheir hard currency holdings eaten away by inflation
and their own necd 10 buy 1he agricultura! and nonperrolcum·based producls or
thc indus1rialized world.
lnlernational relalions are almos! always atrecled by domestic conHicts.
Consequeolly no >ingle nn1ion or combinalinn of nalions. regardless of !he
doplomatic effOrt$ of Mr. Kissmger and bis countcrpariS.
will
be able 10 c::on1rol
the events of lhe future Domes1ic issues are
so
importan! lhat a sharp departure
from established poiiC)I wi1hm a particular nahon can lopple !he iocumbenl
govcrnmeot Furlbermore, problems such as thc 1nterna1ional food crisis aod !he
monumental energy cns1s cannot be sellled
by
diplomauc moves.. al leas! no1
over any shnrt period oft1me.
Mr. Kissingcr is 10
be
commended for bis etforls lO reestablísh 1he existing
world order. l
a
m ccrtain 1ha1 Mr. Kissinger undcrstands fully the uses and the
limi1s of power. and he has dcmons1ra1ed thal clearly in Vietnam
(wilh
terribly
limiled success). on Chile (wllere he has perhaps helped 10 stem tbe tide ofsocial
revolution tn the troubled continent ofSoulh America) and on Cyprus (where hoJ
polic1es bave met wílh no
suc:cess
whatsocvcr). The M1ddle Eas1 is perhaps h1>
last great chanct. or lasl clear chance. 10 exer<:Í$<: 10 1he maximum
bis
&real slull
os a diplnmat 1boroughly schooled in the ways of the world.
But, as Mr. Arms1rong sd1d in Bombay on eacll of his very weU rece1ved
addresse.<. il will 1ake a strong band from somcwhcre
perhaps indeed
o
supernaiUral power
lO
intervcne and save manldnd from immonent destrucrion.
Bu1. as Mr. Armwong has said, thal supreme powcr will intcrvcne and mnnkind
wiU besaved. Thal
is
mankind's hope and 1hat1s mankind's herilage.
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