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THE
CITIZEN,
Prince
George
Tuesday,
May
24,
1977
Swinging
bus
WASHINGTON
(AP)
-Solar
energy's
future
is
sunnier
than
ever,
thanks
to
President
Carter's
dramatic
presentation
of
United
States
energy
woes
and
the
desire
of
Americans
to
keep
down
their
heating
and
electricity
bills.
"Business
has
exploded,"
says
Walter
Barrett,
operations
manager
for
the
solar
energy
division
of
Columbia
Chase
Corp.
in
Braintree,
Mass.
His
company
has
been
getting
500
letters
a
day
since
Carter's
energy
speech
last
month.
;
But
the
optimism
is
tempered
with
concern
that
consumer
demand
for
solar
devices
(expected
in
1977
to
be
iipuble
1976
sales
of
$70
million)
is
growing
faster
than
the
industry
can
handle.
TRhett
Turnipseed,
a
Washington-based
solar
energy
expert
with
the
Energy
Research
and
Development
Administration
(ERDA),
said
Carter's
goal
of
2.5
million
installations
of
solar
energy
devices
by
1985
and
his
prop-Qs'ed
tax
credit
of
up
to
$2,000
toy-a
family
that
purchases
a
Solar
heating
system
have
spurred
the
industry.
An
estimated
30,000
solar
units
i6vy
are
in
use,
mostly
to
heat
water.
:
But
Turnipseed
said
high
utility
bills
and
dwindling
natural
gas
supplies
last
winter
also
attracted
interest
in.
'solar
energy.
!The
typical
water
heater
costs
$1,600
or
more,
and
spaceheating
systems
may
be
purchased
for
$10,000,
instal-led.
But
the
savings
in
electric-
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members
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for
a
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holiday,
pursuing
such
creatures
as
the
blue-necked
Somali
ostrich,
long-necked
gerunuk,
the
white
rhinoceres
and
the
bongo.
Basically,
solar
energy
involves
capturing
the
sun
s
light,
converting
the
light
to
heat
and
then
using"
the
heat
to
warm
water
or
space.
It
also
may
be
used
to
provide
air
conditioning
and
generate
elec
tricity,
but
that
technology
is
not
as
well
developed
yet.
In
a
typical
water-heating
unit
sunlight
strikes
roof-mounted
collectors
and
is
trapped
as
heat
by
a
special
coating
on
the
collectors.
Water
from
a
storage
tank
is
pumped
through
the
collector
and
absorbs
the
heat.
The
water
then
is
stored
until
it
is
pumped
through
again
for
reheating,
or
used.
Electricity
still
must
be
used
to
run
the
pump
and
to
heat
the
water
when
there
isn't
enough
sun.
But
experts
say
a
solar
device
can
cut
water-heating
costs
by
50
to
80
per
cent.
Industry
officials
expect
the
research
will
help
cut
the
price
of
equipment
by
as
much
as
75
per
cent
in
coming
years.
They
hope
the
price
of
an
average
water-heating
system
can
be
cut
down
to
about
$1,300
including
installation,
by
1979.
Experts
say
almost
every
area
of
the
U.S.
can
benefit
from
solar
energy.
The
only
possible
exception
is
the
Pacific
northwest,
which
has
cheap
hydroelectric
power
and
frequent
cloud
cover.
Meanwhile,
the
National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration
(NASA)
has
proposed
putting
scores
of
solar
collectors
in
orbit
above
the
earth.
Each
collector,
six
miles
wide
by
six
miles
long,
would
generate
between
five
and
10
trillion
watts
of
electricity,
once
the
system
is
ready
in
the
year
2007.
About
100
collectors
would
provide
all
of
the
electricity
the
U.S.
would
use
in
2007.
The
cost
would
be
about
$ltrillion.
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The
Washington
Star
reported
today
that
Margaret
Trudeau
told
a
dinner
companion
that
the
recent
switch
in
her
lifestyle
has
made
her
happier
than
she
has
ever
been.
The
wife
of
Canada's
Prime
Minister
Pierre
Trudeau
attended
the
Thursday
banquet
of
the
White
House
News
Photographers
Association
as
a
guest
of
People
magazine.
But
she
declined
to
give
any
interviews
during
the
evening.
"The
wise
man
said
follow
me
and
then
walked
behind,"
she
said
In
turning
down
one
interview
request.
The
Star
did
not
say
which
of
her
dinner
companions
quoted
the
remark
about
her
being
happy,
Mrs.
Trudeau
also
balked
when
asked
to
pose
for
photos
with
the
banquet's
other
popular
figure,
U.S.
President
Carter's
brother,
Billy.
"I
will
not
be
manipulated,"
she
said
when
asked
to
stand
beside.
Billy.
Carter,
however,
agreeably
sidled
over
to
her
and
photographers
got
their
pictures.
Mrs.
Trudeau
also
complained
about
autograph-seekers,
saying
"it's
a
sort
of
silly
way
to
relate
to
people."
Carter,
who
was
seated
at
the
same
table
as
Mrs.
Trudeau,
agreed:
"It
really
is
a
pain
signing
autographs.
Almost
as
much
a
pain
as
talking
with
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Earlier,
she
had
attended
a
New
York
performance
of
the
American
Ballet
Theatre
with
her
friend,
Princess
Yasmin
Khan.
One
of
the
People
magazine
officials
at
the
Washington
dinner,
chief
photographer
John
Dominis,
said
Mrs.
Trudeau
has
done
well
in
her
work
for
the
magazine:
"She's
serious
about
photography
and
if
she
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