Gas Guzzler of the Week

By PAUL GRAY/

GEORGE BUSH

After urging fuel conservation in the face of the Middle East crisis, he conspicuously consumed energy on his Maine vacation, using golf carts and cruising in his 28-ft. speedboat equipped with a pair of 260-h.p. motors that - burn roughly 20 gal. an hour. Estimated miles per gallon: 2.

With reporting by David E. Thigpen