The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1, Friday, October 12, 1979 Page: 4 of 23
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A respected oil industry analyst who ac-
curately predicted the 8.9 percent gasoline
deficit for March 1979 now says that by the
end of this month gas supplies may be as
much as 5 percent below demand. We are
possibly facing a new gas shortage and we're
not even rid of the first one yet.
Dan Lundberg the petroleum marketing
expert says the Energy Department has been
pressuring oil companies to increase storage
of diesel fuel and home heating oil for this
winter. Because of this available gasoline
supplies have decreased while demand is
rising. Great demands for a product plus low
levels of the product equals a shortage and
this shortage could stretch far into the winter.
Who's responsible for America's constant
gasoline shortage and what can be done to
alleviate it?
BRIAN CLOVIS Drama "I think the fuel crisis
is because the oil companies refuse to allocate
enough fuel to the American public. It has
been shown that there are lots of reserves out
in California that they don't even use. They
also sell a lot of oil to foreign nations. One way
to alleviate oil crunches is for consumers to
cut down on driving use mass transit."
GARY HAMILTON Biology "The reason we
have an oil crisis is I feel partly because the
big businessmen are greedy. They're going to
charge the prices that they want to have. I do
believe that there is a shortage but due to the
fact that they can't sell as much as they
usually sell they're going to upthe prices.
"As far as the Arab nations are concerned
they are going to put themselves in the same
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category as the American oil company owners
are6They want more money. We're going to
give it to them because we need it. As far as
the people are concerned it's more than 50
percent our fault because we drive
everywhere we go. If we would cut down on
the amount of oil that we use and just cut down
by working on it they'd bring the prices down.
"The shortage is not really as important as
it is made out to be because if we had to cut
back we would survive. Since so many are
using it we can't say that there isn't a shor-
tage because the amount produced is not
keeping up with the amount that we use. "
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New groups create good sounds
initial musical concepts that made their debut
album a hit.
What was innovative and exciting on their
first (with such songs as "Just What I
Needed" "Bye Bye Love") only seems tired
and worn on Candy-O and it's only their
second album. Candy-0 has nothing new.
If one wants to get technical what sells their
albums to the Top 40 public is the constant
semi-disco beat they add to their rock style.
Quite clever I would say. Songs such as "It's
All I Can Do" and "The Dangerous Type" are
definitely worth mentioning.
In preparing for Candy-O The Cars have
taken too short a pit stop and haven't taken
the time to iron out their weaknesses and to be
more original. If they don't get their wheels
aligned a lube job and an all-around tune-up
before the release of the next album The Cars
won't have a prayer the next time they enter
the great music race.
The KnackGET THE KNACK
Produced by Mike Chapman
What can you say about The Knack except
"What a lot of hype!" I mean really their
music is good innovative basic rock'n'roll
not to mention that they have the No. 1 selling
album in the country. So why this fixation of
assimilating The Beatles in all their ad-
vertising and appearance (even if they do
have the fastest rising debut album since Meet
the Beatles)!
The back cover's graphics resemble The
Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
How blatant can you get? The fact is The
Knack can stand alone on their music and cute
looks and shouldn't have to worry about
hyping it up.
But beneath all this hype there is some
really unique stuff. Newcomers who are only
familiar with the driving riffs of "M-M-M-My
Sharona" will be surprised to find the rest of
the album a little more subdued but just as
exciting.
Every song on Get the Knack is worthy. It
seems however that they are infatuated with
younger women if one examines the titles and
lyrics "That's What The Little Girls Do"
"Good Girls Don't" and "My Sharona" (which
after listening closely you might not want to
sing in front of your mother) .
All perverseness aside I'm really excited
about what is happening to rock'n'roll today.
Back to the basics is what it's all about and
The Knack is here to do it. (I can only take so
much synthesizer whooshing and "cat scratch
feedback.")
So if it's "new wave" you're into I suggest
"getting" The Knack and The Cars' newest.
They both deserve a listen.
ODIS DOLTON Social Work Industrial
Education "Who's at fault for the shortage
depends on where the oil is coming from.
Shortages in imported oils from Arab nations
is more of a political thing than H is a real
shortage because of the crisis with Israel and
some other foreign countries. With home oils I
think it's more of a money scandal than a
shortage. Problems of fuels and cars and car
expenses work hand in hand. The way to
eliminate these shortages is to get the truth
out to the public. We need to know what's
going on behind the scenes. If we're better
informed we'd be able to handle it in a more
efficient way."
MELANIE RAWDON Marketing "I don't
think it's anybody's fault in particular. I think
it's everybody's fault for wasting it when we
have it. To alleviate it people should just use
their heads and save oil."
KIM WALKER Fashion Merchandising
"People will have to conserve. Take women in
a town. A lot of times they'll leave the house
go to the mailbox come back home. Then
they'll to buy groceries and come back home.
Then they'll think of something else that they
forgot and go and get it. Then later on they'll
go get the kids. Then the kids'll take the car
and go to get Cokes. If they would have
planned the day and made a list they could
have done everything in one trip"
RICK ELAM Marketing "I feel like it's the
gas companies' fault. They're trying to make
more money off of us. Also I feel the govern-
ment is not handling relations with foreign
countries like they should. That's a big part of
it too."
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