1974-02 February IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

21 Graduate from Machining and Welding Training
Programs at Westinghouse Division
• Graduatio n UII) callle reccntly
for 2 1 hourly cmplo}t!cs rcprcscllh:d
b} Local 1914 ,11 the Electro­
\1..'chanil:al Dhi,ion ( 1::. \11) of
WC'linghoo\c Electnc ( "orpor:l.lioll.
r he dhj,ion io; located at the ~'ompan)""
Chc,\\ kk "Ie in 11:lrIllar
To" n .. hi p. 1\:1111,»1\ :mia.
rhl'y rccd\'\!d ccrtificah:\ rur
I,:ompl.:tinj,; tIJrllprch..:n\jl''': dilj,jull­
' I)ot"on:d 11.li, li.,S I'luglam\ i,l machi
ning and "dding \\hil'h l\.:g:1II
la.,1 II illla. T he training hdpcu
prepare Ihe 21 gruuu;IIl'\ 10 mnt'hin.:
and weld Ih.: prcci .. j(lll C.
It j, not practical to cOluinlie
g.:ncr:lting ckctricity with oil. or
\\ ith natural gas. But i, lIuctt.':lr generatinn
Ill'Cl',\;tI'). wh ... n thac i, ",ill
plcnt) of coal"! L..:t U" c,amin,' that
;l rgUI1l ... nt,
\\ hat aboul cml]'! Coal i ~ :111 ur·
ganit' 'uO~t;lm:e. iI curnpoUluJ of
hydnl(.·arbuns, On~' IIwjor u,c of
,'oal j, hurning il to gcnerat.: clcc·
Iril'i t~ , Ilowcvcr. il can also b.: u,.:d
III protJuc.: ") lI thctic ga~
Cual i .. a ,oun:.: of p rotl'in. Coal i~
\~'r) \aluabk a~ :t ch.:mical. c'pc·
.i.tll) ill l.:Ia ti('\[1 to pla" tic" produc·
liun, C{l;tl i, a pr,'ciOl l ~ re~o ll rcclIll
... luo "aluable to mcrd) burn lip.
110w 10l1g will coal laM'! A, a fud
fur gencrilting ckctricil). il \\ould
I:l!>t about 500 }ears, \, J "tlur~..­
of '~nthctic nil. iI \lnultJ 101M (tlughl~
200 )l·a..... or ~i.'( g~'Il ... rati{1n,. \,:t
,tlUrce nf protdn and chemk'al"
:tbuut IOO.()(X) }'1.':If"',. It j, :t ok .."
l1l'ril:lgc fur otlr lk\c"' l1 tJ"IH~,
If coal. thcli. is 1(It) \:thIJbk It)
be uwd for gen1.'r:ning I)(mcr. 'Ir~'
Ilk'r ... 311) lliher optiOIl) np ... n·! I h ... rl'
arl' ind ...... d \1tcrnatin',. tl) n;Il111' J
f ...\\ ar~' lidal pmH!r. "olar ]lO\\cr.
gClllhcrmal I)(J\\cr. :trill \\ind I)(m.:r
Ilo\\cI.,.r. tet', not "id tlll r,dlc~
.. bout the :lvailubil it), of thc".: m ... lh·
(1",. Such I.lpti\l n ~ ar.: 1101 ,I\ailabk
luduy. becau,e much r"':-'~'arch and
de,clopmcnt ar.: ) ... 1 ncc.:~":.r~. r ...·
lluiring billion, of doll;lr, and lifle.:n.
l\\crH~. tlr more ) ... ar"
Ob:.tructiuni:.h, \\ho bdi.,., ... the\
arc III thl' right. hllw ddaYl'o lila!
nuclear "talion~ .lnd nlh1.'r Clll'rgy
pmjccl~ which, if in llpcralion now,
would bc d i, crting rnilti()l1~ of barrel,
of oil III Ullk'r \ilal ''''gmelll, of
our cconOI1l~ I h~'~ ar~' tho.: one,
\\ho h:llc ,O\ln th..: \\ind. bUI thc
worker i~ oe,tin1.'d to rc:tp thcir
\\hirl\llnd. If\1nl~!
I h..: nation', I .. bor tor~'c Ilumh..-r,
about 92 mill io n. r he 1Ill'l11plllY­
Ilk'llI tigur.: h :l~ b":"'11 running at
,LlIJ uil.
abotlt Ii" ... p~'rc"'rll, wh ich mean, ol.6
milliun pcrSlln~ ar ... without jub,.
Ikcau,c of the oil .. llOnf:.1!. it h
nrJCClcJ that ullcmplO)melll \I ill
ri