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REVERSIBLE Inflatable Platform

These sturdy inflatable platforms are designed for passenger carrying vessels operating on protected waters. Canadian and

U.S. Coast Guard approved. Fully reversible for instant boarding. Sea anchor and ballast pockets, inflatable boarding ramps. 10 year warranty on buoyancy fabric.

Write, phone or fax for nearest dealer: in Canada: Dunlop-Beaufort Canada Ltd. 12351 Bridgeport Road, Richmond, B.C. V6V1J4 (604) 278-3221, Fax: (604) 278-7812 in U.S.: Dunlop-Beaufort, P.O. Box 1599, Blaine, WA 98230

Phone:(206)762-2710 ^DunJop - Beaufort^

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INDUSTRY

Make the right connections with Flagg Flow. The only complete line of fittings and flanges for the Marine Industry.

When you specify bronze fittings, unions and flanges, specify the Marine Industry standard. Flagg Flow.

For nearly 50 years, our complete line of sil-brazed products has been made to exact Navy specifications . . . made in America . . . and made to last.

Flagg Flow products are in stock now, at key locations across the country.

Plus, you can count on Flagg for a level of assistance, training and support no other supplier offers.

Specify Flagg Flow, and you'll make all the right c<

Marine Products

Threadless Bronze Fittings for Brazed Joints • Fittings • Flanges • Unions • Pressure Classes 200-3,000# • Made to Commercial and Military Specifications • U.T. Designs Available • Malleable Threaded and Brass Threaded Fittings Also Available

Now available! Step-by-Step Successful Brazing Video and

Booklet.

Stanley G. Flagg makes brazing simple and successful. This new instructional video and booklet covers step-by-step techniques from proper fit and clearance, to cooling and cleanup.

STANLEY G. FLAGG & CO.

A division of Amcast Industrial Corporation 1020 W High Street, stowe, PA 19464 • (215) 326-9000 • FAX: (215) 326-9502

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EDITORIAL: Is An En- ergy Tax Best? (Continued from page 20) sumers will be paying for cleaner burning gasolines, which are re- quired by the 1990 Clean Air Act

Amendments.

What's worse, the tax will hit lower and middle income consum- ers more than the wealthy.

That's because energy is a bigger part of their budgets than it is for the more well-to-do.

For example, the poorest house- holds — those with incomes in the bottom fifth of the population — spend almost 23 percent of their incomes on fuel.

By comparison, households with incomes in the highest fifth spend only about four percent.

Also, people who drive longer dis- tances will pay more.

This will especially affect people who live in rural areas and in the larger, less-densely populated states of the West, South and Midwest.

Little Help for Conservation

An energy tax won't help conser- vation, the environment, and oil imports much either. That's be- cause people and businesses need energy and will not substantially cut the amount they use unless the price rises drastically.

In fact, based on the experience ofthe 1970s and early 1980s,itwould take a tripling of energy prices to check growth in energy consump- tion.

Since the President's energy tax will hike prices by far less than that, it's unlikely that it will much affect consumption. And without cutting consumption, neither will it much improve the environment or reduce oil imports.

The Administration's own figures confirm this. They show oil con- sumption increasing after the tax is implemented, and only at a slightly slower rate that it would have in- creased otherwise. The slowing con- sumption amounts to just 350,000 barrels a day saved by the year 2000. (Continued on page 40)

A Commitment to Excellence

A Reputation for Achievement

KB Electronics designs and manufactures a complete line of fully hardened and ruggedized static power conversion equipment in the 1 to 10 KW power range for military and critical commercial applications.

In the design and manufacture of all products we apply the same commitment to quality that has earned KBE a reputa- tion for meeting or exceeding customer requirements.

KBE provides integrated logistic support services for its family of products. For rapid response to our customer require- ments, our engineering capabilities are complimented by in-house EMI, vibration and environmental test facilities.

TR0NICS (1989) LIMITED

Manufacturers of Power Conversion Equipment

Road, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada B4B 1G9 835-7268 • Fax:(902) 835-6026 22

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