The Energy Crisis
Peter Evans
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IV. WHAT IS A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES NEED AN EFFECTIVE ONE?
A national energy policy is a program to harness all of our resources to improve our rapidly deteriorating energy future. There are no simple answers and any progress will take concerted action for a number of years. The leaders in this country have been negligent for not responding to this imposing dilemma. The handwriting has been on the wall for more than 40 years. Time is running out as well as our finite energy supply. Recently President Carter signed a bill into law to begin a national program to develop a large synthetic fuel industry. This is only one step. The congressional leaders and the President have to push aside their selfish political interests and hammer out a sensible program that will pave the way for a secure energy future.
