Word: projected
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Energy Project's report, entitled "Energy Future," rejects the development of domestic oil, coal, nuclear power and natural gas as solutions to the nation's energy problems...
...thought that by acting quickly and swiftly dismissing the officials who displeased him, he could project a decisive, take-charge image. Said Hamilton Jordan: "He felt it was better to do it without hesitation so there would not be a cloud of uncertainty and apprehension over some departments for weeks and weeks." Instead, the President's unprecedented purge, and the degree of political motivation that seemed to be involved, raised still more questions about his own leadership instincts...
...deadlines were not met, the board could make the decisions itself, and its rulings could be challenged judicially only in federal appeals courts. That would skip several levels of legal intervention; the lawsuits spawned by almost any energy project now often start out in local courts and migrate slowly from there to federal district courts. Almost any controversial decision made by the board would be challenged as un constitutional by back-home politicians and environmentalists, and several of the countless legal battles might drag up slowly to the U.S. Supreme Court. Administration aides hope that the high court would reject...
Again, the main obstacle to the wide adoption of solar has been the lack of adequate economic incentives. Solar projects do not pay for themselves quickly enough to be worthwhile. The Project believes government incentives--such as the 55 to 60 per cent take credit that California currently grants homeowners who install solar heating--would overcome this hurdle and permit solar to take a prominent place in the fight against imported...
With the proper government encouragement, solar energy and conservation could "provide" two-thirds of the United States' increased energy demands in the late-1980s. Without such a program, the Department of Energy estimates oil imports could increase by as much as half. Clearly, the Energy Project's recommendations deserve a fair chance in the current energy debate and in Washington. As this book shows, not all good ideas come from California. Some come from just across the Charles...