Word: congresses
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...part of the program that could have fairly quick impact, if Congress approves, is the creation of an Energy Mobilization Board patterned after the War Production Board of 1942-45. The energy board would consist of three members appointed by and responsible to the President. Their mission: cut red tape. The board would be empowered by Congress to select projects-the building of pipelines and refineries, the opening of coal mines-that it deemed essential to expand domestic fuel output. It then could waive procedural requirements for endless hearings imposed by a maze of environmental, safety and other laws...
...that, alas, was before Carter again distracted the nation's attention with his bewildering Cabinet shifts and gave Congress the added problem of trying to figure out who will be speaking for the Administration on energy. The distraction should not be allowed to last long. The energy question will remain urgent, and will demand solutions, long after Carter's formation of his new Cabinet-and after both he and the Congressmen who will be voting on his plans have left office...
...Even if Congress rejects some parts of Jimmy Carter's ambitious new design, the rising price of petroleum seems destined to awaken the nation from its energy stupor. As the cost of crude climbs, more and more technologies-some of them new and exotic, others as familiar as moonshine stills and windjammer sailing ships-are beginning to come on stream to conserve fuel and produce energy for the 1980s from unconventional sources. Clever inventors and canny investors see prospects of becoming instant energy millionaires. Long stagnant industries such as coal and steel stand to recover and prosper. Resource-rich...
Most of these developments eventually would have occurred even if Carter had not introduced his new energy package. But his complex and costly program, provided it is ever enacted by Congress, will accelerate the trends by stimulating investment and spurring technological breakthroughs. Says Economist Arthur Okun: "If there is an Edwin [Polaroid] Land or a Hewlett or a Packard in the country with a bright idea for energy production, a big carrot is being held...
...price guarantees, the Government would offer many incentives for private firms to produce oil-like liquids and natural gas from the nation's plentiful coal, shale rock and biomass.* Congressmen are infatuated with the idea of synthetic-fuel production. Cracks Representative Clarence Brown of Ohio: "Every committee in Congress has a synfuel bill, except the Ethics Committee...