Saving Power

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30534, 1 September 1964, Page 16

Saving Power

The restrictions on the use of electricity announced yesterday will cause some inconvenience; but if they are not effective the further restrictions that may have to be imposed will cause very much more inconvenience and possibly hardship. Power savings can be made most easily in the home. Electric waterheaters are greedy consumers of power; and most householders with alternative methods of heating water should be able to switch off their water-heaters and light their range or incinerator at least one day a week. More discreet use of electric heaters should occasion no hardship now that the winter is over. Shopkeepers have more limited scope for economies in the use of power; but if they reduce their display lighting to a minimum consistent with security they will also remind passers-by of the need to save power. Industrial users are least able to make substantial cuts in power consumption; but even in factories some economies are possible. Heaters should be switched off when they are not required; likewise motors not serving production at the time. More drastic power cuts might result in the operations of some business firms being curtailed. Every unit saved now is a unit which will help to keep the wheels of industry turning in the next few weeks until the emergency is past