Shutdowns and blackouts loom as the coal strike rumbles on
'It's fairly clear that we're already I to some extent in the doomsday area." So said Phillip Hughes, an Assistant Secretary in the Department of Energy and head of the federal-state task force dealing with the nation's spreading coal shortage. Hughes was exaggerating, but there was no doubt that the coal strike, now in its third month, had become a major threat to the U.S. economy.
Emphasizing the urgency of the situation, President Carter brought both sides to the White House last week and pressed...
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