Word: alm
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...Alvin Alm, director of the Harvard Energy Security Program, served as assistant secretary of of Energy in the Carter Administration. Henry Lee, a lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government's Energy and Environmental Policy Center, is a former director of the Massachusetts Energy Office. Crimson reporter John D. Solomon spoke to them at the Kennedy School earlier this week...
...Alm: I think the appointment of Hodel is a hopeful sign. They've obviously appointed some one who wants to make the department into an effective instrument as far as I can tell I think in the emergency preparedness area, the department is doing a pretty good job. Other areas I think the expenditure's been cut back too far. I think that's basically...
...Alm: Well, some of that obviously depends on what the world oil price is. Most of the energy investment will be dictated by basic economics Beyond that, of course, there is a role for government. There are a range of technologies that will not be developed by the private sector, and in particular, would not be developed if oil prices were very low. This includes a limited number of synthetic fuel plants. Certainly more research and development on solar options, particularly photovoltaics should be undertaken...
...There's no way in the world we can know if this kind of thing gets implemented," explains Alm, who was in the Carter administration in 1976. "The new president has hundreds of looseleaf notebooks on his desk telling him about how to get going; he cannot read them all," Alm says. "But if I were president, I seriously think I would read this one, because most advice comes from people who are themselves jockeying for position...
...Preparing the transition report is certainly a high-risk business." Alm says. "It can have a high payoff if we can clear something up for the new administration, though. In any case, it is a good exercise for the Institute of Politics, and in the long run, worth the time and effort...