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Page 17 Transition Transition Office of Energy Research & Planning Office of the Governor State Capitol Salem, Or. 97310 $5.00 We've mentioned the availability of Transition, the final report from the now disappearing Office of Energy Research. But, looking at it once again, I attempted to INTEGRAiED ENERG'f SUPPL'f MODEL PER HOU5EHOLD DIRECT AND INDIRECT ENERGY U.SE BY INCOME BRACKET · OREGON -1973 a: UJ .,__ describe it in ways that would set it in perspective: the history of the office; why, regardless of shortcomings, it may well be one of the most important documents produced by a state agency. It seemed after some consideration that the most graphic way of describing it was through some of the accompanying charts and diagrams. (For excellent background material, see Oregon Times, April 1975, 1000 S.W. 3rd, Portland, Or. 97204). The Chart 3 shortcomings, perhaps even errors, are pretty irrelevant-it is very difficult to not to get caught up in a new form of dialogue, "Honesty is asking: What does it cost to do anything? What are the implications in terms of non-renewable resource systems?" Whether you're talking about cutting down more forests or building new freeways or tourism, what does it take? What does it take to support a tourist for 24 hours? MATERIAL USE Oregon and u.s. Direct Energy End Uses Accounting for More than 1 Percent of Energy Consumption u.s. (1970) 1. Private Automobile 2. Home Heating 3. Primary Metals 4. Chemical Industry 5. Trucks 6. Petroleum Refining 7. Residential Hot Water. 8. Defense 9. Agriculture (direct use) 10. Natural Gas Loss 11. Air Passenger Traffic 12. Food Processing Industry 13. Paper Products Industry 14. Government (non-defense) 15. Stone, Clay, Glass 16. Home Refrigeration 17. Home Cooking _%_ 13.8 10.4 6.8 6.3 5.3 3.9 2.7 2.6 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.0 66.2 Oregon 1973 1. Private Automobile 2. Home Heating 3. Lumber and Wood 4. Paper Products Industry 5. Construction 6. Primary Metals(52% aluminum) 7. Trade 8. Trucks 9. Agriculture 10. Residential Hot Water 11. Food Processing Industry 12. Services 13. Air Passenger Traffic 14. Government 15. Natural Gas Loss 16. Stone, Clay, Glass 17. Chemical Industry Source: U.S. data from Steinhart and Steinhart, 1974. p. 234. % 23.4 13.4 7.0 6.7 5.1 4.6 4.2 4.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.0 84.3

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