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While our government of- fered to escort the tankers through the Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz, the "moderate" Saudis refused. Apparently, even in a crisis, the Saudis do not wish to be associated too closely with the United States. But the situation in the Gulf is not only a Saudi problem or a Japanese and European one — it is also an American problem. With eight million barrels of oil a day going through the Straits of Hormuz, shor- tages elsewhere will impact price-wise on U.S. consum- ers. Hopefully, the current scare headlines will make more people in the Adminis- tration and Congress realize that the United States has just not been doing enough to achieve greater energy self- sufficiency. While supplies are adequate today, there is in truth no "oil glut" in the United States as long as we import about one-third of the oil we need. Ominously, imports of oil to the United States are on the rise again. We now import about the same percentage of oil as we did just before the Arab oil embargo of 1973. In the ten years since, we have made some progress — notably in lowering gasoline consumption. But the threat to our diplomatic and economic security will continue as long as we con- tinue to depend on oil from Arab-OPEC nations and unless we take some very practical steps to achieve energy self-sufficiency. This means the Administration must take the lead and Congress must implement the necessary legislation. A blueprint for helping solve our still-heavy depen- dence on foreign oil supplies consists of the following steps: Exploration of the vast, as-yet-undiscovered oil and gas resources, onshore and offshore, must be encouraged. There are no practical alternatives now to oil and gas — which, to- gether, supply about 70 per- cent of our energy needs. Obviously, solar energy will play a greater role in the fu- ture, and current tax incen- tives - for its devlopment should be continued. But it will not be a significant fac- tor until after the year 2000. Price controls on produc- tion of all domestic natural gas should be removed: Gas is the only primary fuel still under complicated gover- ment price regulations, which has discouraged gas development. When con- trols were removed on oil a few years ago the effect was positive on both price and supply. We now import about the same percentage of oil as we did just before the Arab oil embargo of 1973. Unlike our nation, other countries — most notably Canada and Great Britain — are becoming energy self-sufficient through de- velopment of their offshore oil resources. But the Con- gress — reacting in some degree to the personality of ex-Interior Secretary Watt, rather than his policy — is putting more and more areas out-of-bounds for dril- ling.. While the memory of the disastrous Santa Bar- bara oil spill still remains, experience since then has shown that we can drill into the ocean floor and protect the environment at the same time. Increased development of the nation's abundant coal resources and nuclear power must be encouraged. These resources have the potential to generate much more of the nation's electric- ity. It is wasteful and short-sighted to burn oil to produce electricity. The nation's. Strategic Petroleum Reserve must be filled as rapidly as possible. The reserve can serve as a buffer against unforeseen foreign oil cutoffs, but it is not being filled as quickly as it should. Energy efficiency and conservation efforts must be actively continued and stimulated. The wise and ef- ficient use of energy by households, industries, and transportation systems can help reduce our dependence on foreign oil. The above are all attain- able goals — and the sooner implemented the better, as we watch unfolding events in the 'Persian Gulf . , ,