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S-Orono Weekly Times, Weduesday, JuIy 2otb, 1977 Prime va Seveta"l million years ag, the earth wsco"vered w'ýfft strange fraandifauni-a, sortie spec-tacularlyareothlers microcopiallysmahl. Al of them !are dead ow Ov te eons,' the for'es of na!ture converted that pre- historic vegetatiîonintogas and oil. And, ïtoday, various govrnmntsand sharehold- crs uin petroleum icoïnpanfies arte converting tosesamne plant ,rmains into cold casb. lsn't s>cienice wonderful? ell aybe flotLail that wodru.The extra dollars taI ee higherc pum)p prices announced late ;n Junile are' comling Out of the eanns of ithose of us who h Iave no allies amnong theprhsoi deceased. But w"e could ail use a friend tin[the petroleuin business; .,Ver the next two years, the wvellhead price for domeitstic crude oil and nat- tirai gas wil go up by 41 per cen t. For anyone associated with the out business, thtis is news te set the heart rac-ing with anticipation. The addi- tional receipts -- and we're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars - will be split up amongst govemn- ments and oit compfnies. The producing provinces - primarily Aberta - wil take 47.5% of the increase. The federal government will pick up 27.5%, And the oit cern- panies will get the remaining 25%. Who says there's no Santa Claus? This is what the federal governiment calîs a "petrole- urr policy". It is a poicy to provide considerably more goverrnment revenue. It is a policy ta dramnatically in- Tho Ugh ts crease profits in the oil indus- try. But it certainly isn't a policy to case Canada out of thie energy crunch. The catch is fundamieal: it isn't enough to say that higher prices will reduce en- ergy consumption. Somle provision imust also 1be made for exploration and develop- mient of new ou ields.& Re- search funds Must be tmade- available for disco;veriigrnw ýources o f energgy. The Cana- dian Federationt of Indepen- dent Busines;s, for example, hias been-stressing the desira- bîiiy of a balanced approach to the energy problem. The Fedleration emphasizes that more sweeping govemment policies are needed so t hat alternate formsof energy - like wiix,solar, and improved heat pumips - are developed. Canada needs policies that wÀi encourage smaller busi- nesses with imagination and drive to develop more appro- priate energy technology. None of the additiônal' governmient revenues have been earmnarked for this pur- pose. lnstead, they will flow into general revenues. And the oïl comipanies w, ill n ot be forced to invest in.,more ex- ploration and development ofoil. Presurnably, Canada can- flot avoid being forced into the OPEC oil price spiral, even for domestically-pro- duced ou., But a comprehen- sive oil policy would include detailed plans for using th ose additional funds generated by astronomically higher oil prices to insure against future energy shortages. Sadly, the thinking behind the c;urrent oil "policy" is as primitive as the plants that went intc, our oil and gas. New specula'Iion fax helps farmers 'l'le Ontario government, will ex-emrpt bona fiÎde -ntarijo farmners from the land spec- ulation tax if they have farmied their land for ten years or1,mor'e. Aricul.ture and Food Mini- ster Biîl Newmnan explained that the tenl-year period nleed no b1, Le consecutive. Hle also Said the exemption applies to farmners who are occupyinig their land but are not farming it, so long as they did farmi it for at ieast ten years in the past. For farmers who have farmied for less than ten years, the governrent will permit a partial exemption. These changes wilil be mnade by amnendmrent to The Land Speculation Tax Act during this session of the Legislature and will be retroactive to April 20, 1977. MIr Newman said the Changes were b-eing m ade paric(ularly to protect the retiring farmer who may ive on his land without farmning it fo P few years before actually selling it. He said, "It mnakes nio' sense toi penalize a, bonia fide frrmer just because hie wishes to ease the transition period of his retiremrent by rem-aining for a imne on the land t.hat hbas been bis home for manyv years.- The changes to be made in, the land speculation tnx stiperceçie the changes an- nOunced in the provincial budget ast April. Oronc E Iectric Herb ind Gerry Dluvali ELECTRICAL CONTRACTINO ELECTIRIC HEATING Electrical Appliance, T.V. - COLOUR TS. RADIO -HI-FI WESTING H OtUSE RCA EýJLCTROHOMEF Guaranteeii Servic New energy savir conservation plans Agriculture and Food Mini- ster Bill Newman has an- nounced two new energy management projects to dev- elop practical applications of solar energy to agricultural production and to develop a mnethane gas production sys- tem. O1ne of these projects will be the dsg of a practical, econmic, energy-conserving solar-heated greenhouse suit- able to Otario's climatic and crýop conditionýys. This project wilalso include studies on mnethodis of improving the thermal performance of exis- ting greenhouses. Mr. Newman said, 'I believe that this is a most important undertaking in view of the hîgh energy costs greenhouse opera tors are experiencing." The other new project is the designing of renewable ener- gy systems for incorporation into a new swine research centre. These are a solar he ating system for livestbck buildings and a systemn for producing methane gas from animal wastes. Mr. Newman also said that' three energy management projects conducted ast year have shown good results and will be continued this year. They include a tillage project in which experiments are being conducted to see if crop yields can be maintained whîle reducing tillage oper- ations and thus conserving energy. Another of these ongoing projects involves heating the soil in greenhouses under thermal covers to reduce the amount of fuel needed. In this experiment the soul is heated with electric cables or steam pipes with less heat being applied to the air than usual. The thermal covers prevent Clarke Public LIBRAR'Y PHONE 99:;-!i507 Monday, Tuesday, ThÏ*ursda,&;y and Friday 2~0ta 8:30 pm 10:00 'n 12:00 a.m. I Oa ono izOnt rl Auiction Service Farm & saSls Furnfiture Modern and Ai-tique NORM FAULKNER Stou ffVi lHe 640-5691 EARL GAUSLIN Water Dellivery SWINLMMING POOLS, WELLS& CISTERNS. 2000 Galloni Tank TAYLOR Sand & Gravel 983-5003 heat hoss at nîght. Ri with greeýnhouse tom and flowers were pron hast year. >The third project is i conservation education B. T.U, capacity 5,000 6,000 8,000 -12,000 ried out by the Energy t g Conservation Resource Cen- tre at the Ridgetown College > of Agricultural Technology. Information on energy con- servation measures appli- cable to agriculture is collec- ests ted from many sources and ýnatoe . s passed on to farmers through ntîn ewsletters, meetings, media et messages, extension person- _nrgy nel, and other mecans. n caýr- Mr. Newman said these l oor area In sq. fI. 315 450 550 700 850 rode ýPrice 499-8065 499-8073 499820 499-8081 500-4616 2134.95 259.95 319.95 399.95 519.95 2 ldn-.no air conditiners for honi- viewving height. Mounting kit i. t 40 B.T.U. o ra Product Price capacty in sq. t. Code 6,000 450O 500-0394 333.95 8,000 565 500-0408 364.95 10000 700 500-0378 419.95 projeets are being econducted in close co-operaiton. with the Ministry of Energy as part of the government's eeg managemnent program. also said, "!n an era shrînking enlergy resoure.s and rising costs, the agricul- tural industry has an excel- lent opportunity to lead thie way in revolutionizing the ulse of renewable energy resour- ces-" Keavy-duty air coniditioners (flot shown> For vertical-hung wvindows or through 111/2" watts. Window mnountïng kit inci. BT.U Flo0or area Product Pie capacty in sq. ft. code Pr1 19,00() 1250 500-0416 1614.50 22,000 1360 I 500-0424 659.60 Commercial-duty window or through-the-wail air conditioners (flot shown). Germicidai filter. For walls u p to 17"" th ick. -B.T.U. Floor area Product capacity , n sq. fi. code Pr ice 28,000 2000 500-0432 859.50 33:000 2300 500-4578 939.50 ,ROLPH Dominion HARDWARE Orono, Ontario Phone 983-5207 I I Tune-Ups - Engines REPAIRS CtssA CENSED MECHANIC Ctass B LICENSED BODYMAN SClass Hl LICE NSED DEISEL MECHANIC Mechanicalýand General Recpairs te ail vehicleh icudn 'I Cars, Trucks, Tractors ValIves - Brakes - Transmission E lectrica I WE ARE A LICENSED SAFETY INSPECTION STATION FOR BOTH LIGHT AND HEAVY VEHICLES Bodywork and Painting MANGAR RAG M 'AnN G A R b"E>AC 0RO)%WI 983-5130 MILL STREET, ORONO - - -i - 7 i - - i m