Word: conservationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Conservation efforts might also be undermined. People would suddenly find it less expensive to drive big cars and more attractive to turn up their thermostats. Businesses would think twice about buying costly new energy-efficient equipment. Some economists fear that the industrial nations could once again become dangerously dependent on...
Some have suggested that governments should impose new taxes on oil to keep the cost of energy consumption from falling too far. "Without a tax," says William Quandt, an energy specialist at Washington's Brookings Institution, "you start sending wrong signals to consumers and investors. And we set the...
Lee: I think that you've got to figure what is possible. If you were to ask me in an optional world what should they be doing. I think they should be using this as a window of opportunity to continue to push conservation programs, build a strategic petroleum reserve...
And an activist McCall was--an activist whose concerns transcended the typical fare of political battles. Tom McCall was an activist and a realist, who recognized that if man is going to live much longer on this planet, he must learn to take care of it. In an age of...
"Well now, "said the professor "I know a lot of bright history students who just have a mental block against writing blue book essays in a high pressure exam situation. Suppose you sit right there and I'll give you an oral exam instead we'll just have a released...