Thirty years ago, the Arab Oil Embargo caused us to stop taking gasoline for granted and caused the author to start teaching students about the importance of energy in our lives. This retrospective shows the same general patterns discerned from a 20-year retrospective a decade ago: a sharp decrease in energy use following each of the two energy…

The energy crunch is being felt by everyone--at home, at work, and in the pocketbook. Schools, like others, are sharing in the efforts to conserve energy; thermostats are being turned down and lights are being turned off. Always in the vanguard of patriotism, schools throughout the country are among the first to initiate cutbacks in fuel and…

Summarizes findings of an experimental research program to provide a controlled and documented evaluation of the effectiveness of proprietary combustion-type fuel-oil additives and pure compounds for reducing air pollutant emissions and for increasing boiler efficiency. (Author/MLF)

This article attempts to clarify power plant performance to the non-specialists by presenting data on nuclear and coal power plants. (MR)

An inexpensive meter is used to measure the amount of steam used to heat more than 80 Michigan State University buildings. (MLF)

Using double-glazed windows produced dramatic reductions in heat loss at Bigfork School in Minnesota, for a total heating cost savings of over 34 percent. (Author/MF)

Natural gas is viewed as an attractive fuel - low polluting, with low production and transportation costs. However, high demand, coupled with a decreased discovery rate for new gas reserves, is leading to a natural gas shortage. Other resources must be substituted with synthetic gas from coal and methane from organic wastes emerging as potential…

The student who asked this question was given the assignment of finding the answer by testing 12 brands of premium gasoline for horsepower, torque, and mileage. (Editor)

Discussed is how taking college courses at home via television and other formats can save students valuable commuting time and, even more important, gas money. (Author/TG)

Describes characteristic designs of the engine. Data for fuel economy and emission are presented. Data show that automobiles equipped with one of the engines described have passed the 1975 Federal Emissions Standards. (SLH)

Issues surrounding the recent oil shortages are discussed and alternate sources reviewed are nuclear power, fusion, solar energy, geothermal energy, magnetohydrodynamics coal gasification, windmills and tidal power. (JP)

Herricks Public School District has adopted an energy conservation program that establishes an energy consumption baseline and makes recommendations to modify systems and operational procedures. (Author/MLF)

As part of an overall energy management program, the central steam plant at the University of Connecticut at Storrs has a fuel contract method in which vendors bid on a specification based on heating value as opposed to just volume. (Author/MLF)

Describes past efforts to conserve energy in Topeka, Kansas, schools and advocates that all school capital improvements contain as many conservation components as financially possible. (MLF)

State leaders and school officials must understand that the intermediate and long-term implications of the energy crisis for education are much different from the current or short-term problems. Acting on that basis, they may be able to turn some of the potential difficulties into real benefits. (Author)