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Radio is more energy efficient My first letter to the editor, written summer of 1973 in Lewiston Morning Tribune near Pullman, WA. where I lived. Now that gasoline shortages have started making news people are trying to find out who is to blame. I feel it is easy to place most of the blame on the average use of the car. It is incredible how much energy is used just to transport one person. One horsepower output is equal to 746 watts of electricity. A 150 horsepower car would put out as much energy as 111 thousand watts. In other words an average car puts out as much energy as two of the nation's largest radio stations. The maximum power allowed for a standard broadcast station is 50 kilowatts; (100 KW for FM). At night one clear channel 50 KW station can cover all 48 states. Most local stations are 5 KW or below. Multiply the power output of one car by all readers of this letter who drive and one can see the enormous demand. At this rate gasoline is sure to run low. Legislation could and does need to deal with distribution so independent stations; farm and service needs would have a fair chance at supply. But I feel the shortages can only be averted by a cut down in average consumption. People need to organize to find ways to get away from dependence on the car. There needs to be an Automobilics Anonymous formed. |
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| Author | Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA |
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