Word: decontrolling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should adopt an energy program to slash its own oil consumption and so to alleviate upward pressure on petroleum prices in world-markets, which in turn compels developing countries to chose nuclear power. Ideally such an American program should include the decontrol of oil and gas prices (accompanied by tax relief for the hardest-hit consumers), the development of mass transit, and the adoption of solar power and conservation measures, which a group at the Business School recently said could cut the nation's energy consumption by 30 to 40 per cent...
There are only two choices before us in dealing with our energy problems. One is to rely solely upon high energy prices to bring demand and supply into balance. This policy would take quite a while to accomplish the nation's energy goals because, even with oil price decontrol, energy prices paid by the consumer will still be too low to reflect the real costs to the Moreover, taking this route would result in slower economic growth interspersed with recessions...
...area from the White House. Even though President Carter has emphasized the importance of conservation, conservation programs were sidetracked because of the massive synthetic fuel program that Carter proposed in mid-1979. To the president's credit, however, he did make a tough, but very desirable, policy decision to decontrol oil prices...