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<br />0007:)2 <br /> <br />and factory, and cumulatively it would <br />still trigger catastrophe.!! <br /> <br />After running thousands of growth projections, the <br />computer concludes that all growth projections end in <br />collapse of the world's economy. The study calls for <br />stable population and a halt in industrial growth. <br /> <br />A Denver Post Article, May 12, 1971, contains an <br />illustration of this problem in regard to Colorado's min- <br />eral resources and growth projections. <br /> <br />Colorado's accelerated growth rate <br />is creating monumental demands for elec- <br />tric power and placing mind-boggling <br />stresses on the state's natural resources <br />and environment. <br /> <br />Exploding population and development <br />is creating an appetite for electric pow- <br />er that has no foreseeable end. <br /> <br />The state needs, it is estimated, <br />250,000 more kilowatts of power each year. <br />With the number of clean, water-powered <br />electric plant sites virtually exhausted, <br />meeting this demand is going to require <br />new coal and nuclear generation stations. <br /> <br />...The U.S. Geological Survey esti- <br />mates Colorado has 40 million tons of <br />known recoverable resources. <br /> <br />Yet a 250,OOO-kilowatt plant will <br />use 465,000 to 697,000 tons of low sul- <br />phur coal a year. While not all of it <br />will come from Colorado - Public Service <br />has contracted with Ayrshire Coal Co., <br />Gillette, Wyo., for its Comanche supply <br />- the potential is here. <br /> <br />"People are looking for another 200 <br />million tons of reserves for power in- <br />stallations," Dr. Albert Keenan, head of <br />the department of mining at Colorado <br />School of Mines, Golden, said. <br /> <br />!I Time, January 24, 1972, page 32. <br /> <br />-19- <br />