Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public, Adams professed that he had not decided whether to stay. First, he said, he had to reassess the new setup at the White House and the Administration's commitment to "mass transportation and moving Detroit toward a fuel-efficient automobile." When Powell showed Carter a news account of Adams' comments, the President turned livid. He icily instructed Powell to tell reporters that "I haven't had a chance yet to talk to Secretary Adams, but I will in the very near future." Adams showed up at the White House Friday morning but did not wait to be fired. Said...
...common view abroad was that the President omitted the two key elements: decontrol of U.S. crude oil prices so that domestic gasoline and heating fuel prices would rise to world levels (Americans still pay less than one half as much for gasoline and fuel oil as Europeans) and an emphasis on expanding nuclear energy. Commented Switzerland's Journal de Geneve: "The President feared, not without reason, that decontrol would push U.S. inflation to an intolerable level. But that also would have been a return to truth in pricing, which is the basis of American capitalism...
...Carter's ambitious fuel program could have been much tougher...
...begun, imports probably would not exceed that level in any case. If the quota were to stay at roughly that point in 1981 and succeeding years (a decision that may have to be made by another President), it might begin to bite! The nation would be forced to conserve fuel, or produce more itself, to accommodate normal growth in the economy. But for the moment the quota's main, and not insignificant, value is to serve as a symbol of national determination to put some ceiling on foreign petroleum...
Stobaugh, Yergin and their Project colleagues avoid this trap. They rule out natural gas as a solution, arguing that the deregulation of interstate prices will not make substantial additions to U.S. gas reserves. Coal's contribution in the short term is uncertain because uncertain demand for the fuel by electrical utilities has made the railroads, coal's key transportation link, hesitant to upgrade their service. Moreover, opposition to the environmental hazards of coal usage (which include black lung disease, the scarring of the land by strip mining, and air, water and thermal pollution) cause the Project to condemn coal...