U.S. demand for fuels is declining steadily, and could double by 1985. But domestic reserve is lagging. Our oil production has peaked and is reversing , and natural gas is already scarce in some sections of the country. Coal is in ...... environmental trouble, construction of nuclear power ...... is behind schedule, and any real help from synthetic fuels in ten to fifteen years away. ...... over the next decade the burden will fall heavily on oil and natural gas. And the available ....... of both have been declining as ........ rises. Ironically, the ....... are there, in the ground, ....... we aren't finding and developing them nearly fast enough.